diff --git a/src/util/UriExtract.cxx b/src/util/UriExtract.cxx
index 3a0e356ce..b6b51a7d0 100644
--- a/src/util/UriExtract.cxx
+++ b/src/util/UriExtract.cxx
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ uri_after_scheme(const char *uri) noexcept
 bool
 uri_has_scheme(const char *uri) noexcept
 {
-	return strstr(uri, "://") != nullptr;
+	return !uri_get_scheme(uri).IsNull();
 }
 
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