diff --git a/http/http-static/src/test/java/io/quarkus/ts/httpstatic/LargeStaticResourceIT.java b/http/http-static/src/test/java/io/quarkus/ts/httpstatic/LargeStaticResourceIT.java
index d1d211cda..09295a342 100644
--- a/http/http-static/src/test/java/io/quarkus/ts/httpstatic/LargeStaticResourceIT.java
+++ b/http/http-static/src/test/java/io/quarkus/ts/httpstatic/LargeStaticResourceIT.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
-import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URI;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ public void testMainPageAvailability() {
 
     @Test
     public void testBigFileAvailability() throws IOException {
-        URL bigFileURL = new URL(RestAssured.baseURI + ":" + RestAssured.port + "/big-file");
-        HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) bigFileURL.openConnection();
+        URI bigFileURL = URI.create(RestAssured.baseURI + ":" + RestAssured.port + "/big-file");
+        HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) bigFileURL.toURL().openConnection();
         connection.setRequestMethod("HEAD");
         connection.setConnectTimeout(TWO_SECONDS);
         connection.connect();
diff --git a/qute/reactive/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/qute/Application.java b/qute/reactive/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/qute/Application.java
index 48d79fe3c..b82c8ca2f 100644
--- a/qute/reactive/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/qute/Application.java
+++ b/qute/reactive/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/qute/Application.java
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 package io.quarkus.ts.qute;
 
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
-import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -222,8 +220,8 @@ private static URI getUri(String path) {
         final String host = system.getValue("quarkus.http.host", String.class);
         final Integer port = system.getValue("quarkus.http.port", Integer.class);
         try {
-            return new URL("http", host, port, path).toURI();
-        } catch (URISyntaxException | MalformedURLException e) {
+            return new URI("http", null, host, port, path, null, null);
+        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
     }
diff --git a/qute/synchronous/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/qute/Application.java b/qute/synchronous/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/qute/Application.java
index 20be6080e..ffaad84d3 100644
--- a/qute/synchronous/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/qute/Application.java
+++ b/qute/synchronous/src/main/java/io/quarkus/ts/qute/Application.java
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 package io.quarkus.ts.qute;
 
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
-import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -216,8 +214,8 @@ private static URI getUri(String path) {
         final String host = system.getValue("quarkus.http.host", String.class);
         final Integer port = system.getValue("quarkus.http.port", Integer.class);
         try {
-            return new URL("http", host, port, path).toURI();
-        } catch (URISyntaxException | MalformedURLException e) {
+            return new URI("http", null, host, port, path, null, null);
+        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
     }