diff --git a/include/oembed.php b/include/oembed.php
index af3413a256..5c3c595f57 100755
--- a/include/oembed.php
+++ b/include/oembed.php
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ function oembed_replacecb($matches){
 
 
 function oembed_fetch_url($embedurl){
-	
-	if(! strpos('://',$embedurl)) {
-		// this may be wrong but it's already wrong, we can only guess
-		$embedurl = 'http://' . $embedurl;
-	}
 
 	$txt = Cache::get($embedurl);