diff --git a/cli/flags.rs b/cli/flags.rs
index ea800b5090b597..bd84966cd29bac 100644
--- a/cli/flags.rs
+++ b/cli/flags.rs
@@ -1521,8 +1521,8 @@ fn location_arg_parse(
       Url::parse(href)
         .map_err(|e| e.to_string())
         .and_then(|url| {
-          if !["http", "https", "file"].contains(&url.scheme()) {
-            Err("Expected protocol \"http\", \"https\" or \"file\"".to_string())
+          if !["http", "https"].contains(&url.scheme()) {
+            Err("Expected protocol \"http\" or \"https\"".to_string())
           } else {
             Ok(url)
           }
diff --git a/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs b/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs
index 24f43c3f66d060..ae4b42eae867cc 100644
--- a/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs
@@ -2308,11 +2308,7 @@ fn workers() {
     .arg("test")
     .arg("--reload")
     .arg("--location")
-    .arg(
-      url::Url::from_directory_path(util::tests_path())
-        .unwrap()
-        .as_str(),
-    )
+    .arg("http://127.0.0.1:4545/cli/tests/")
     .arg("--allow-net")
     .arg("--allow-read")
     .arg("--unstable")
diff --git a/cli/tests/workers_test.ts b/cli/tests/workers_test.ts
index 2aebf85b0a32d8..d824933d15fc26 100644
--- a/cli/tests/workers_test.ts
+++ b/cli/tests/workers_test.ts
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ Deno.test({
   fn: async function (): Promise<void> {
     // TODO(nayeemrmn): Add `Location` and `location` to `dlint`'s globals.
     // deno-lint-ignore no-undef
-    assertEquals(location.href, new URL(".", import.meta.url).href);
+    assertEquals(location.href, "http://127.0.0.1:4545/cli/tests/");
     const promise = deferred();
     const w = new Worker(
       "./subdir/test_worker.ts",
diff --git a/docs/runtime/location_api.md b/docs/runtime/location_api.md
index ac040af6e92c55..6e73418285c449 100644
--- a/docs/runtime/location_api.md
+++ b/docs/runtime/location_api.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ global from the web. Please read on.
 
 There is no "web page" whose URL we can use for a location in a Deno process. We
 instead allow users to emulate a document location by specifying one on the CLI
-using the `--location` flag. It can be a `http`, `https` or `file` URL.
+using the `--location` flag. It can be a `http` or `https` URL.
 
 ```ts
 // deno run --location https://example.com/path main.ts