diff --git a/web_src/js/features/repo-common.ts b/web_src/js/features/repo-common.ts
index e8fb257c18..81dd42619f 100644
--- a/web_src/js/features/repo-common.ts
+++ b/web_src/js/features/repo-common.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import {showErrorToast} from '../modules/toast.ts';
 import {sleep} from '../utils.ts';
 import RepoActivityTopAuthors from '../components/RepoActivityTopAuthors.vue';
 import {createApp} from 'vue';
-import {toOriginUrl} from '../utils/url.ts';
 import {createTippy} from '../modules/tippy.ts';
 import {localUserSettings} from '../modules/user-settings.ts';
 
@@ -78,7 +77,8 @@ function initCloneSchemeUrlSelection(parent: Element) {
     const isTea = scheme === 'tea';
 
     if (tabHttps) {
-      tabHttps.textContent = window.origin.split(':')[0].toUpperCase(); // show "HTTP" or "HTTPS"
+      const link = tabHttps.getAttribute('data-link')!;
+      tabHttps.textContent = link.split(':')[0].toUpperCase(); // show "HTTP" or "HTTPS"
       tabHttps.classList.toggle('active', isHttps);
     }
     if (tabSsh) {
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ function initCloneSchemeUrlSelection(parent: Element) {
     }
 
     if (!tab) return;
-    const link = toOriginUrl(tab.getAttribute('data-link')!);
+    const link = tab.getAttribute('data-link')!;
 
     for (const el of document.querySelectorAll('.js-clone-url')) {
       if (el.nodeName === 'INPUT') {
diff --git a/web_src/js/utils/url.test.ts b/web_src/js/utils/url.test.ts
index a2e7339375..0a7e27ca61 100644
--- a/web_src/js/utils/url.test.ts
+++ b/web_src/js/utils/url.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {linkifyURLs, pathEscape, pathEscapeSegments, toOriginUrl, urlQueryEscape} from './url.ts';
+import {linkifyURLs, pathEscape, pathEscapeSegments, urlQueryEscape} from './url.ts';
 
 describe('escape', () => {
   const queryNonAscii = " !\"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\\]^_`{|}~";
@@ -45,19 +45,3 @@ test('linkifyURLs', () => {
   expect(linkifyURLs('https://evil.com/\nonclick=alert(1)')).toEqual(`${link('https://evil.com/')}\nonclick=alert(1)`);
   expect(linkifyURLs('https://evil.com/&#34;onmouseover=alert(1)')).toEqual(`${link('https://evil.com/&#34;onmouseover=alert')}(1)`);
 });
-
-test('toOriginUrl', () => {
-  const oldLocation = String(window.location);
-  for (const origin of ['https://example.com', 'https://example.com:3000']) {
-    window.location.assign(`${origin}/`);
-    expect(toOriginUrl('/')).toEqual(`${origin}/`);
-    expect(toOriginUrl('/org/repo.git')).toEqual(`${origin}/org/repo.git`);
-    expect(toOriginUrl('https://another.com')).toEqual(`${origin}/`);
-    expect(toOriginUrl('https://another.com/')).toEqual(`${origin}/`);
-    expect(toOriginUrl('https://another.com/org/repo.git')).toEqual(`${origin}/org/repo.git`);
-    expect(toOriginUrl('https://another.com:4000')).toEqual(`${origin}/`);
-    expect(toOriginUrl('https://another.com:4000/')).toEqual(`${origin}/`);
-    expect(toOriginUrl('https://another.com:4000/org/repo.git')).toEqual(`${origin}/org/repo.git`);
-  }
-  window.location.assign(oldLocation);
-});
diff --git a/web_src/js/utils/url.ts b/web_src/js/utils/url.ts
index 927f0937a4..84328faf24 100644
--- a/web_src/js/utils/url.ts
+++ b/web_src/js/utils/url.ts
@@ -57,19 +57,3 @@ export function linkifyURLs(html: string): string {
     return `<a href="${cleanUrl}" target="_blank">${cleanUrl}</a>${trailing}`; // eslint-disable-line github/unescaped-html-literal
   });
 }
-
-/** Convert an absolute or relative URL to an absolute URL with the current origin. It only
- *  processes absolute HTTP/HTTPS URLs or relative URLs like '/xxx' or '//host/xxx'. */
-export function toOriginUrl(urlStr: string) {
-  try {
-    if (urlStr.startsWith('http://') || urlStr.startsWith('https://') || urlStr.startsWith('/')) {
-      const {origin, protocol, hostname, port} = window.location;
-      const url = new URL(urlStr, origin);
-      url.protocol = protocol;
-      url.hostname = hostname;
-      url.port = port || (protocol === 'https:' ? '443' : '80');
-      return url.toString();
-    }
-  } catch {}
-  return urlStr;
-}