diff --git a/app/vmalert/main.go b/app/vmalert/main.go
index 4d982a3ece..ce49ab8812 100644
--- a/app/vmalert/main.go
+++ b/app/vmalert/main.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/httpserver"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/logger"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/lib/procutil"
-	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fasthttp"
 	"github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
 )
 
@@ -283,21 +282,15 @@ func getTLSConfig(certFile, keyFile, CAFile, serverName *string, insecureSkipVer
 }
 
 func getTransport(URL, certFile, keyFile, CAFile, serverName *string, insecureSkipVerify *bool) (*http.Transport, error) {
-	var u fasthttp.URI
-	u.Update(*URL)
-
-	var t *http.Transport
-	if string(u.Scheme()) == "https" {
-		t = http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport).Clone()
-
-		tlsCfg, err := getTLSConfig(certFile, keyFile, CAFile, serverName, insecureSkipVerify)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		t.TLSClientConfig = tlsCfg
+	t := http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport).Clone()
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(*URL, "https") {
+		return t, nil
 	}
-
+	tlsCfg, err := getTLSConfig(certFile, keyFile, CAFile, serverName, insecureSkipVerify)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	t.TLSClientConfig = tlsCfg
 	return t, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/app/vmalert/main_test.go b/app/vmalert/main_test.go
index 0bd574cba2..20fa377c8d 100644
--- a/app/vmalert/main_test.go
+++ b/app/vmalert/main_test.go
@@ -87,15 +87,12 @@ func TestGetTransport(t *testing.T) {
 	var certFile, keyFile, CAFile, serverName string
 	var insecureSkipVerify bool
 	URL := "http://victoriametrics.com"
-	tr, err := getTransport(&URL, &certFile, &keyFile, &CAFile, &serverName, &insecureSkipVerify)
+	_, err := getTransport(&URL, &certFile, &keyFile, &CAFile, &serverName, &insecureSkipVerify)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected error %s", err)
 	}
-	if tr != nil {
-		t.Errorf("expected Transport to be nil, got %v", tr)
-	}
 	URL = "https://victoriametrics.com"
-	tr, err = getTransport(&URL, &certFile, &keyFile, &CAFile, &serverName, &insecureSkipVerify)
+	tr, err := getTransport(&URL, &certFile, &keyFile, &CAFile, &serverName, &insecureSkipVerify)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected error %s", err)
 	}