diff --git a/src/net/url/url.go b/src/net/url/url.go
index 05b41fa964a..d9c8c49e94a 100644
--- a/src/net/url/url.go
+++ b/src/net/url/url.go
@@ -573,12 +573,8 @@ func parseHost(host string) (string, error) {
 			}
 			return host1 + host2 + host3, nil
 		}
-	} else if i := strings.LastIndex(host, ":"); i > 0 {
-		colonPort := host[i:]
-		if !validOptionalPort(colonPort) {
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("invalid port %q after host", colonPort)
-		}
 	}
+
 	var err error
 	if host, err = unescape(host, encodeHost); err != nil {
 		return "", err
diff --git a/src/net/url/url_test.go b/src/net/url/url_test.go
index da6bc2843e5..7560f22c4a1 100644
--- a/src/net/url/url_test.go
+++ b/src/net/url/url_test.go
@@ -418,10 +418,10 @@ var urltests = []URLTest{
 	},
 	// worst case host, still round trips
 	{
-		"scheme://!$&'()*+,;=hello!:8080/path",
+		"scheme://!$&'()*+,;=hello!:port/path",
 		&URL{
 			Scheme: "scheme",
-			Host:   "!$&'()*+,;=hello!:8080",
+			Host:   "!$&'()*+,;=hello!:port",
 			Path:   "/path",
 		},
 		"",
@@ -636,10 +636,8 @@ var parseRequestURLTests = []struct {
 	{"*", true},
 	{"http://192.168.0.1/", true},
 	{"http://192.168.0.1:8080/", true},
-	{"http://192.168.0.1:foo/", false},
 	{"http://[fe80::1]/", true},
 	{"http://[fe80::1]:8080/", true},
-	{"http://[fe80::1]:foo/", false},
 
 	// Tests exercising RFC 6874 compliance:
 	{"http://[fe80::1%25en0]/", true},                 // with alphanum zone identifier