diff --git a/tools/validator/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/tools/validator/internal/Stax2DOM.java b/tools/validator/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/tools/validator/internal/Stax2DOM.java
index 3bb20866b06..ad182952472 100644
--- a/tools/validator/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/tools/validator/internal/Stax2DOM.java
+++ b/tools/validator/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/tools/validator/internal/Stax2DOM.java
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ public Stax2DOM() {
     public Document getDocument(String wsdl) throws ToolException {
         try {
             URI wsdlURI = new URI(URIParserUtil.getAbsoluteURI(wsdl));
-            if (wsdlURI.toString().startsWith("http")) {
-                return getDocument(wsdlURI.toURL());
-            }
             return getDocument(wsdlURI.toURL());
         } catch (ToolException e) {
             throw e;