diff --git a/pkg/plugin/implementation/router/router.go b/pkg/plugin/implementation/router/router.go
index f9316b0..52e628b 100644
--- a/pkg/plugin/implementation/router/router.go
+++ b/pkg/plugin/implementation/router/router.go
@@ -153,10 +153,6 @@ func validateRules(rules []routingRule) error {
 			if rule.Target.URL == "" {
 				return fmt.Errorf("invalid rule: url is required for targetType 'url'")
 			}
-			// Validate HTTPS scheme
-			if err := isValidHTTPSURL(rule.Target.URL); err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("invalid URI %s in request body for url: %v", rule.Target.URL, err)
-			}
 			if _, err := url.Parse(rule.Target.URL); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("invalid URL - %s: %w", rule.Target.URL, err)
 			}
@@ -166,9 +162,6 @@ func validateRules(rules []routingRule) error {
 			}
 		case targetTypeBPP, targetTypeBAP:
 			if rule.Target.URL != "" {
-				if err := isValidHTTPSURL(rule.Target.URL); err != nil {
-					return fmt.Errorf("invalid URI %s in request body for %s: %v", rule.Target.URL, rule.TargetType, err)
-				}
 				if _, err := url.Parse(rule.Target.URL); err != nil {
 					return fmt.Errorf("invalid URL - %s defined in routing config for target type %s: %w", rule.Target.URL, rule.TargetType, err)
 				}
@@ -241,9 +234,6 @@ func handleProtocolMapping(route *model.Route, npURI, endpoint string) (*model.R
 			},
 		}, nil
 	}
-	if err := isValidHTTPSURL(target); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid %s URI - %s in request body for %s: %v", strings.ToUpper(route.TargetType), target, endpoint, err)
-	}
 	targetURL, err := url.Parse(target)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid %s URI - %s in request body for %s: %w", strings.ToUpper(route.TargetType), target, endpoint, err)
@@ -258,15 +248,3 @@ func handleProtocolMapping(route *model.Route, npURI, endpoint string) (*model.R
 		},
 	}, nil
 }
-
-// isValidHTTPSURL ensures the provided URL is a valid HTTPS URL.
-func isValidHTTPSURL(rawURL string) error {
-	parsedURL, err := url.Parse(rawURL)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid URL - %s: %v", rawURL, err)
-	}
-	if parsedURL.Scheme != "https" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("URL '%s' must use https scheme", rawURL)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/plugin/implementation/router/router_test.go b/pkg/plugin/implementation/router/router_test.go
index 7688066..8ee777e 100644
--- a/pkg/plugin/implementation/router/router_test.go
+++ b/pkg/plugin/implementation/router/router_test.go
@@ -291,12 +291,12 @@ func TestValidateRulesFailure(t *testing.T) {
 					Version:    "1.0.0",
 					TargetType: "url",
 					Target: target{
-						URL: "htp://invalid-url.com", // Invalid scheme
+						URL: "htp:// invalid-url.com", // Invalid scheme
 					},
 					Endpoints: []string{"search"},
 				},
 			},
-			wantErr: "invalid URI htp://invalid-url.com in request body for url: URL 'htp://invalid-url.com' must use https scheme",
+			wantErr: `invalid URI htp:// invalid-url.com in request body for url: invalid URL - htp:// invalid-url.com: parse "htp:// invalid-url.com": invalid character " " in host name`,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Missing topic_id for targetType: publisher",