diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/OSSL_Api.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/OSSL_Api.cs
index dec34c97ff..a01bc3c320 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/OSSL_Api.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/OSSL_Api.cs
@@ -2481,7 +2481,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Api
                 {
                     UserAgentServiceConnector userConnection = new(serverURI);
 
-                    if (userConnection is not null && serverURI.StartsWith("http://"))
+                    if (userConnection is not null)
                     {
                         userID = userConnection.GetUUID(realFirstName, realLastName);
                         if (!userID.IsZero())
@@ -2490,21 +2490,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Api
                             return userID.ToString();
                         }
                     }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        // Override hardcoded http in Util.ParseForeignAvatarName
-                        string SSLserverURI = serverURI.Replace("http://", "https://");
-                        userConnection = new(SSLserverURI);
-                        if (userConnection is not null)
-                        {
-                            userID = userConnection.GetUUID(realFirstName, realLastName);
-                            if (!userID.IsZero())
-                            {
-                                userManager.AddUser(userID, realFirstName, realLastName, SSLserverURI);
-                                return userID.ToString();
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
                 }
                 catch (Exception /*e*/)
                 {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs b/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs
index ba2dc78c6f..d9f5a22e20 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Services/GridService/HypergridLinker.cs
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
                 }
 
                 //this should be the prefererred way of setting up hg links now
-                if (cmdparams[2].StartsWith("http") || cmdparams[2].StartsWith("https"))
+                if (cmdparams[2].StartsWith("http"))
                 {
                     RunLinkRegionCommand(cmdparams);
                 }
@@ -632,11 +632,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Services.GridService
                         parameters.Insert(3, parts[2]);
                         cmdparams = (string[])parameters.ToArray(typeof(string));
                     }
-                    string uri = cmdparams[2].StartsWith("https")
-                               ? "https://" + parts[0] + ':' + parts[1]
-                               : "http://" + parts[0] + ':' + parts[1];
-
-                    cmdparams[2] = uri;
+                    cmdparams[2] = "http://" + parts[0] + ':' + parts[1];
 
                     RunLinkRegionCommand(cmdparams);
                 }