diff --git a/modules/dcache-webdav/src/main/java/org/dcache/webdav/Requests.java b/modules/dcache-webdav/src/main/java/org/dcache/webdav/Requests.java
index b78ad9da39a..2a69e05d230 100644
--- a/modules/dcache-webdav/src/main/java/org/dcache/webdav/Requests.java
+++ b/modules/dcache-webdav/src/main/java/org/dcache/webdav/Requests.java
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
 import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
 import com.google.common.collect.Multimaps;
 import com.google.common.net.MediaType;
+
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.net.URI;
-import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ private static float qValueOf(MediaType m) {
      * @return The path component of the URL.
      */
     public static String stripToPath(String uri) {
-        return stripToPath(URI.create(uri).getPath());
+        return stripToPath(URI.create(uri));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public static String stripToPath(String uri) {
      * @param url The URL to extract path from.
      * @return The path component of the URL.
      */
-    public static String stripToPath(URL url) {
+    public static String stripToPath(URI url) {
         return Path.of(url.getPath()).normalize().toString();
     }
 }
diff --git a/modules/dcache-webdav/src/test/java/org/dcache/webdav/RequestsTest.java b/modules/dcache-webdav/src/test/java/org/dcache/webdav/RequestsTest.java
index 2d2ccdad41b..af6a1d1ec0d 100644
--- a/modules/dcache-webdav/src/test/java/org/dcache/webdav/RequestsTest.java
+++ b/modules/dcache-webdav/src/test/java/org/dcache/webdav/RequestsTest.java
@@ -112,24 +112,24 @@ public void shouldAcceptWithMatchingParameter() {
 
     @Test
     public void shouldReturnFilePathOfUrl() throws MalformedURLException {
-        var u = new URL("https://door.domain.foo/pnfs/domain.foo/path/to/file");
+        var u = new URL("https://door.domain.foo/pnfs/domain.foo/path/to/file").toString();
         assertThat(Requests.stripToPath(u), equalTo("/pnfs/domain.foo/path/to/file"));
     }
 
     @Test
     public void shouldReturnFilePathOfUrlWithPort() throws MalformedURLException {
-        var u = new URL("https://door.domain.foo:1234/pnfs/domain.foo/path/to/file?foo=bar");
+        var u = new URL("https://door.domain.foo:1234/pnfs/domain.foo/path/to/file?foo=bar").toString();
         assertThat(Requests.stripToPath(u), equalTo("/pnfs/domain.foo/path/to/file"));
     }
     @Test
     public void shouldReturnFilePathOfUrlWithPortAndExtraSlash() throws MalformedURLException {
-        var u = new URL("https://door.domain.foo:1234//pnfs/domain.foo//path/to/file");
+        var u = new URL("https://door.domain.foo:1234//pnfs/domain.foo//path/to/file").toString();
         assertThat(Requests.stripToPath(u), equalTo("/pnfs/domain.foo/path/to/file"));
     }
 
     @Test
     public void shouldReturnFilePathOfUrlWithQuery() throws MalformedURLException {
-        var u = new URL("https://door.domain.foo:1234/pnfs/domain.foo/path/to/file?foo=bar");
+        var u = new URL("https://door.domain.foo:1234/pnfs/domain.foo/path/to/file?foo=bar").toString();
         assertThat(Requests.stripToPath(u), equalTo("/pnfs/domain.foo/path/to/file"));
     }
 }
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