diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 274656a..255ee44 100755
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -175,9 +175,6 @@ internals.trimHost = function (host) {
 
     this._host = host;
 
-    if (!this._host) {
-        return this._host;
-    }
     if (host.indexOf('https://') === 0) {
         this._host = this._host.substring(8);
     }
@@ -194,7 +191,7 @@ internals.trimHost = function (host) {
 internals.originParser = function (origin, allowOrigins, request) {
 
     var host = internals.trimHost(request.connection.info.uri);
-    var requestHost = internals.trimHost(request.headers.host);
+    var requestHost = request.headers.host;
     this._match = false;
 
     // If a same origin request, pass check
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ea7756c..7988663 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "crumb",
   "description": "CSRF crumb generation and validation plugin",
-  "version": "4.0.0",
+  "version": "4.0.1",
   "repository": "git://github.com/hapijs/crumb",
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/hapijs/crumb/issues"
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index b575865..d17a78a 100755
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ describe('Crumb', function () {
             expect(err).to.not.exist();
 
             var headers = {};
-            headers.host = 'http://localhost:80';
+            headers.host = 'localhost:80';
 
             server.inject({ method: 'GET', url: '/1', headers: headers }, function (res) {
 
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ describe('Crumb', function () {
 
             expect(err).to.not.exist();
 
-            server.inject({ method: 'GET', url: '/1', headers: { host: 'https://localhost:443' } }, function (res) {
+            server.inject({ method: 'GET', url: '/1', headers: { host: 'localhost:443' } }, function (res) {
 
                 var header = res.headers['set-cookie'];
                 expect(header[0]).to.contain('crumb');