diff --git a/src/curl_stream.c b/src/curl_stream.c
index 906a67f2a..6534bdbbe 100644
--- a/src/curl_stream.c
+++ b/src/curl_stream.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static void curls_free(git_stream *stream)
 	git__free(s);
 }
 
-int git_curl_stream_new(git_stream **out, const char *host, const char *port, int encrypted)
+int git_curl_stream_new(git_stream **out, const char *host, const char *port)
 {
 	curl_stream *st;
 	CURL *handle;
@@ -213,15 +213,7 @@ int git_curl_stream_new(git_stream **out, const char *host, const char *port, in
 	if ((error = git__strtol32(&iport, port, NULL, 10)) < 0)
 		return error;
 
-	if (encrypted) {
-		git_buf buf = GIT_BUF_INIT;
-		git_buf_printf(&buf, "https://%s", host);
-		curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_URL, buf.ptr);
-		git_buf_free(&buf);
-	} else {
-		curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_URL, host);
-	}
-
+	curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_URL, host);
 	curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, st->curl_error);
 	curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_PORT, iport);
 	curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY, 1);
@@ -232,7 +224,7 @@ int git_curl_stream_new(git_stream **out, const char *host, const char *port, in
 	/* curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1); */
 
 	st->parent.version = GIT_STREAM_VERSION;
-	st->parent.encrypted = encrypted;
+	st->parent.encrypted = 0; /* we don't encrypt ourselves */
 	st->parent.proxy_support = 1;
 	st->parent.connect = curls_connect;
 	st->parent.certificate = curls_certificate;
diff --git a/src/curl_stream.h b/src/curl_stream.h
index 168fbe8c4..283f0fe40 100644
--- a/src/curl_stream.h
+++ b/src/curl_stream.h
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
 
 #include "git2/sys/stream.h"
 
-extern int git_curl_stream_new(git_stream **out, const char *host, const char *port, bool encrypted);
+extern int git_curl_stream_new(git_stream **out, const char *host, const char *port);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/openssl_stream.c b/src/openssl_stream.c
index 396744032..412dee739 100644
--- a/src/openssl_stream.c
+++ b/src/openssl_stream.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ int git_openssl_stream_new(git_stream **out, const char *host, const char *port)
 	GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(st);
 
 #ifdef GIT_CURL
-	error = git_curl_stream_new(&st->io, host, port, false);
+	error = git_curl_stream_new(&st->io, host, port);
 #else
 	error = git_socket_stream_new(&st->io, host, port)
 #endif
diff --git a/src/transports/http.c b/src/transports/http.c
index 39b286c10..bae2a328d 100644
--- a/src/transports/http.c
+++ b/src/transports/http.c
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ static int http_connect(http_subtransport *t)
 		error = git_tls_stream_new(&t->io, t->connection_data.host, t->connection_data.port);
 	} else {
 #ifdef GIT_CURL
-		error = git_curl_stream_new(&t->io, t->connection_data.host, t->connection_data.port, false);
+		error = git_curl_stream_new(&t->io, t->connection_data.host, t->connection_data.port);
 #else
 		error = git_socket_stream_new(&t->io,  t->connection_data.host, t->connection_data.port);
 #endif