diff --git a/confluent_kafka/avro/cached_schema_registry_client.py b/confluent_kafka/avro/cached_schema_registry_client.py
index af9ce88e4..a3d15a541 100644
--- a/confluent_kafka/avro/cached_schema_registry_client.py
+++ b/confluent_kafka/avro/cached_schema_registry_client.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def __init__(self, url, max_schemas_per_subject=1000, ca_location=None, cert_loc
             """Construct a Schema Registry client"""
 
         # Ensure URL valid scheme is included; http[s]
-        url = conf.get('url', '')
+        url = conf.pop('url', '')
         if not isinstance(url, string_type):
             raise TypeError("URL must be of type str")
 
@@ -106,9 +106,8 @@ def __init__(self, url, max_schemas_per_subject=1000, ca_location=None, cert_loc
         if ca_path is not None:
             s.verify = ca_path
         s.cert = self._configure_client_tls(conf)
-        s.auth = self._configure_basic_auth(conf)
-
-        self.url = conf.pop('url')
+        s.auth = self._configure_basic_auth(self.url, conf)
+        self.url = utils.urldefragauth(self.url)
 
         self._session = s
 
@@ -128,8 +127,7 @@ def close(self):
         self._session.close()
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _configure_basic_auth(conf):
-        url = conf['url']
+    def _configure_basic_auth(url, conf):
         auth_provider = conf.pop('basic.auth.credentials.source', 'URL').upper()
         if auth_provider not in VALID_AUTH_PROVIDERS:
             raise ValueError("schema.registry.basic.auth.credentials.source must be one of {}"
@@ -142,7 +140,6 @@ def _configure_basic_auth(conf):
             auth = tuple(conf.pop('basic.auth.user.info', '').split(':'))
         else:
             auth = utils.get_auth_from_url(url)
-        conf['url'] = utils.urldefragauth(url)
         return auth
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/tests/avro/test_cached_client.py b/tests/avro/test_cached_client.py
index 2ee116e91..e713e43f4 100644
--- a/tests/avro/test_cached_client.py
+++ b/tests/avro/test_cached_client.py
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@ def test_invalid_url(self):
                 'url': 'example.com:65534'
             })
 
+    def test_trailing_slash_removal(self):
+        self.client = CachedSchemaRegistryClient({
+            'url': 'http://127.0.0.1:65534/'
+        })
+        self.assertEqual(self.client.url, "http://127.0.0.1:65534")
+
     def test_basic_auth_url(self):
         self.client = CachedSchemaRegistryClient({
             'url': 'https://user_url:secret_url@127.0.0.1:65534',