diff --git a/src.ts/utils/geturl-browser.ts b/src.ts/utils/geturl-browser.ts
index 6cb4d3bc5d..9d528f6788 100644
--- a/src.ts/utils/geturl-browser.ts
+++ b/src.ts/utils/geturl-browser.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export async function getUrl(req: FetchRequest, _signal?: FetchCancelSignal): Pr
         operation: "request"
     });
 
-    assert(!req.credentials || req.allowInsecureAuthentication, "insecure authorized connections unsupported", "UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION", {
+    assert(protocol === "https" || !req.credentials || req.allowInsecureAuthentication, "insecure authorized connections unsupported", "UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION", {
         operation: "request"
     });
 
diff --git a/src.ts/utils/geturl.ts b/src.ts/utils/geturl.ts
index 4858333fc1..de024c6da2 100644
--- a/src.ts/utils/geturl.ts
+++ b/src.ts/utils/geturl.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export async function getUrl(req: FetchRequest, signal?: FetchCancelSignal): Pro
         operation: "request"
     });
 
-    assert(!req.credentials || req.allowInsecureAuthentication, "insecure authorized connections unsupported", "UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION", {
+    assert(protocol === "https" || !req.credentials || req.allowInsecureAuthentication, "insecure authorized connections unsupported", "UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION", {
         operation: "request"
     });