diff --git a/src/integration_tests/internetAddressing.test.ts b/src/integration_tests/internetAddressing.test.ts
index c78adafc5..d98d15258 100644
--- a/src/integration_tests/internetAddressing.test.ts
+++ b/src/integration_tests/internetAddressing.test.ts
@@ -32,11 +32,4 @@ describe('resolveInternetAddress', () => {
   test('Non-existing addresses should not be resolved', async () => {
     await expect(resolveInternetAddress(NON_EXISTING_ADDRESS, BindingType.PDC)).resolves.toBeNull();
   });
-
-  test('Non-existing address should resolve if port is contained', async () => {
-    const port = 1234;
-    await expect(
-      resolveInternetAddress(`${NON_EXISTING_ADDRESS}:${port}`, BindingType.PDC),
-    ).resolves.toEqual({ host: NON_EXISTING_ADDRESS, port });
-  });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/internetAddressing.spec.ts b/src/lib/internetAddressing.spec.ts
index ee27d2e8e..f64ff4232 100644
--- a/src/lib/internetAddressing.spec.ts
+++ b/src/lib/internetAddressing.spec.ts
@@ -36,14 +36,6 @@ import {
 describe('resolveInternetAddress', () => {
   const MALFORMED_ANSWER_ERROR = new InternetAddressingError('DNS answer is malformed');
 
-  test('DNS resolution should be skipped if host name contains port', async () => {
-    const address = await resolveInternetAddress(`${HOST}:${TARGET_PORT}`, BindingType.PDC);
-
-    expect(address).toHaveProperty('host', HOST);
-    expect(address).toHaveProperty('port', TARGET_PORT);
-    expect(mockGetDNS).not.toBeCalled();
-  });
-
   test('Specified domain name should be requested', async () => {
     await resolveInternetAddress(HOST, BindingType.PDC);
 
diff --git a/src/lib/internetAddressing.ts b/src/lib/internetAddressing.ts
index db22df026..6d14cba87 100644
--- a/src/lib/internetAddressing.ts
+++ b/src/lib/internetAddressing.ts
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ export class UnreachableResolverError extends RelaynetError {}
  * `null` is returned when `hostName` is an IP address or a non-existing SRV record for the service
  * in `bindingType`.
  *
- * If `hostName` contains the port number (e.g., `example.com:443`), no DNS lookup will be done
- * and the resulting address will simply be the result of parsing the input.
- *
  * DNS resolution is done with DNS-over-HTTPS.
  */
 export async function resolveInternetAddress(
@@ -43,12 +40,6 @@ export async function resolveInternetAddress(
   bindingType: BindingType,
   resolverURL = CLOUDFLARE_RESOLVER_URL,
 ): Promise<PublicNodeAddress | null> {
-  const urlParts = new URL(`scheme://${hostName}`);
-  if (urlParts.port !== '') {
-    const port = parseInt(urlParts.port, 10);
-    return { host: urlParts.hostname, port };
-  }
-
   const name = `_${bindingType}._tcp.${hostName}`;
   const doh = new DNSoverHTTPS({ url: resolverURL });
   let result: LookupResult;