diff --git a/damus/Nostr/RelayURL.swift b/damus/Nostr/RelayURL.swift
index 9ad75e063..a5568916f 100644
--- a/damus/Nostr/RelayURL.swift
+++ b/damus/Nostr/RelayURL.swift
@@ -17,12 +17,7 @@ public struct RelayURL: Hashable, Equatable, Codable, CodingKeyRepresentable {
     init?(_ str: String) {
         guard let last = str.last else { return nil }
 
-        var urlstr = str
-        if last == "/" {
-            urlstr = String(str.dropLast(1))
-        }
-
-        guard let url = URL(string: urlstr) else {
+        guard let url = URL(string: str) else {
             return nil
         }
         
diff --git a/damus/Views/AddRelayView.swift b/damus/Views/AddRelayView.swift
index 280fcfee4..65a693558 100644
--- a/damus/Views/AddRelayView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/AddRelayView.swift
@@ -82,12 +82,6 @@ struct AddRelayView: View {
                     new_relay = "wss://" + new_relay
                 }
 
-                /*
-                if new_relay.hasSuffix("/") {
-                    new_relay.removeLast();
-                }
-                */
-
                 guard let url = RelayURL(new_relay),
                       let ev = state.contacts.event,
                       let keypair = state.keypair.to_full() else {