diff --git a/lib/internal/url.js b/lib/internal/url.js
index c7a359f89bb932..14c22e4ff467b6 100644
--- a/lib/internal/url.js
+++ b/lib/internal/url.js
@@ -1298,7 +1298,6 @@ function domainToUnicode(domain) {
 function urlToOptions(url) {
   var options = {
     protocol: url.protocol,
-    host: url.host,
     hostname: url.hostname,
     hash: url.hash,
     search: url.search,