diff --git a/lib/_http_client.js b/lib/_http_client.js
index ae31f915724a4e..f3fbf363c69f97 100644
--- a/lib/_http_client.js
+++ b/lib/_http_client.js
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function ClientRequest(input, options, cb) {
 
   if (typeof input === 'string') {
     const urlStr = input;
-    input = urlToOptions(new URL(urlStr));
+    input = urlToHttpOptions(new URL(urlStr));
   } else if (input && input[searchParamsSymbol] &&
              input[searchParamsSymbol][searchParamsSymbol]) {
     // url.URL instance
diff --git a/lib/https.js b/lib/https.js
index 9212107ef76385..080efe40faabba 100644
--- a/lib/https.js
+++ b/lib/https.js
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ function request(...args) {
 
   if (typeof args[0] === 'string') {
     const urlStr = ArrayPrototypeShift(args);
-    options = urlToOptions(new URL(urlStr));
+    options = urlToHttpOptions(new URL(urlStr));
   } else if (args[0] && args[0][searchParamsSymbol] &&
              args[0][searchParamsSymbol][searchParamsSymbol]) {
     // url.URL instance