diff --git a/client/http-client/src/transport.rs b/client/http-client/src/transport.rs
index f1804dc7aa..81868e25a6 100644
--- a/client/http-client/src/transport.rs
+++ b/client/http-client/src/transport.rs
@@ -57,16 +57,8 @@ impl HttpTransportClient {
 			return Err(Error::Url("Port number is missing in the URL".into()));
 		}
 
-		let mut connector = HttpConnector::new();
-
-		connector.set_reuse_address(true);
-		connector.set_nodelay(true);
-
 		let client = match target.scheme_str() {
-			Some("http") => {
-				let client = Client::builder().build::<_, hyper::Body>(connector);
-				HyperClient::Http(client)
-			}
+			Some("http") => HyperClient::Http(Client::new()),
 			#[cfg(feature = "tls")]
 			Some("https") => {
 				let connector = match cert_store {
@@ -74,16 +66,15 @@ impl HttpTransportClient {
 						.with_native_roots()
 						.https_or_http()
 						.enable_http1()
-						.wrap_connector(connector),
+						.build(),
 					CertificateStore::WebPki => hyper_rustls::HttpsConnectorBuilder::new()
 						.with_webpki_roots()
 						.https_or_http()
 						.enable_http1()
-						.wrap_connector(connector),
+						.build(),
 					_ => return Err(Error::InvalidCertficateStore),
 				};
-				let client = Client::builder().build::<_, hyper::Body>(connector);
-				HyperClient::Https(client)
+				HyperClient::Https(Client::builder().build::<_, hyper::Body>(connector))
 			}
 			_ => {
 				#[cfg(feature = "tls")]
diff --git a/tests/tests/integration_tests.rs b/tests/tests/integration_tests.rs
index 381b00cd50..5c4b734b84 100644
--- a/tests/tests/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests/integration_tests.rs
@@ -251,17 +251,15 @@ async fn http_making_more_requests_than_allowed_should_not_deadlock() {
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
-#[ignore]
 async fn https_works() {
-	let client = HttpClientBuilder::default().build("https://kusama-rpc.polkadot.io").unwrap();
+	let client = HttpClientBuilder::default().build("https://kusama-rpc.polkadot.io:443").unwrap();
 	let response: String = client.request("system_chain", None).await.unwrap();
 	assert_eq!(&response, "Kusama");
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
-#[ignore]
 async fn wss_works() {
-	let client = WsClientBuilder::default().build("wss://kusama-rpc.polkadot.io").await.unwrap();
+	let client = WsClientBuilder::default().build("wss://kusama-rpc.polkadot.io:443").await.unwrap();
 	let response: String = client.request("system_chain", None).await.unwrap();
 	assert_eq!(&response, "Kusama");
 }