diff --git a/fedimint-core/src/api.rs b/fedimint-core/src/api.rs
index 51182d1f81a..95298c7ed30 100644
--- a/fedimint-core/src/api.rs
+++ b/fedimint-core/src/api.rs
@@ -712,13 +712,11 @@ impl JsonRpcClient for WsClient {
         #[cfg(not(target_family = "wasm"))]
         return WsClientBuilder::default()
             .use_webpki_rustls()
-            .build(url_to_string_with_default_port(url)) // Hack for default ports, see fn docs
+            .build(url.as_str())
             .await;
 
         #[cfg(target_family = "wasm")]
-        WsClientBuilder::default()
-            .build(url_to_string_with_default_port(url)) // Hack for default ports, see fn docs
-            .await
+        WsClientBuilder::default().build(url.as_str()).await
     }
 
     fn is_connected(&self) -> bool {
@@ -847,24 +845,6 @@ impl<C: JsonRpcClient> FederationPeer<C> {
     }
 }
 
-/// `jsonrpsee` converts the `SafeUrl` to a `&str` internally and then parses it
-/// as an `Uri`. Unfortunately the underlying `Url` type swallows ports that it
-/// considers default ports (e.g. 80 and 443 for HTTP(S)) which makes the `Uri`
-/// parsing fail in these cases. This function works around this limitation in a
-/// limited way (not fully standard compliant, but work for our use case).
-///
-/// See <https://github.com/paritytech/jsonrpsee/issues/554#issue-1048646896>
-fn url_to_string_with_default_port(url: &SafeUrl) -> String {
-    format!(
-        "{}://{}:{}{}",
-        url.scheme(),
-        url.host().expect("Asserted on construction"),
-        url.port_or_known_default()
-            .expect("Asserted on construction"),
-        url.path()
-    )
-}
-
 impl<C: JsonRpcClient> WsFederationApi<C> {}
 
 /// The status of a server, including how it views its peers