diff --git a/bridges/FacebookBridge.php b/bridges/FacebookBridge.php
index 63f8ddaf..7b617057 100644
--- a/bridges/FacebookBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/FacebookBridge.php
@@ -179,8 +179,7 @@ class FacebookBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
 
 		if(filter_var(
 			$group,
-			FILTER_VALIDATE_URL,
-			FILTER_FLAG_HOST_REQUIRED | FILTER_FLAG_PATH_REQUIRED)) {
+			FILTER_VALIDATE_URL, FILTER_FLAG_PATH_REQUIRED)) {
 			// User provided a URL
 
 			$urlparts = parse_url($group);
diff --git a/bridges/GlassdoorBridge.php b/bridges/GlassdoorBridge.php
index 72b7a16c..1e20077b 100644
--- a/bridges/GlassdoorBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/GlassdoorBridge.php
@@ -186,8 +186,7 @@ class GlassdoorBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
 		 * redirection and strange naming conventions.
 		 */
 		if(!filter_var($uri,
-			FILTER_VALIDATE_URL,
-			FILTER_FLAG_SCHEME_REQUIRED | FILTER_FLAG_HOST_REQUIRED | FILTER_FLAG_PATH_REQUIRED)) {
+			FILTER_VALIDATE_URL, FILTER_FLAG_PATH_REQUIRED)) {
 			returnClientError('The specified URL is invalid!');
 		}
 
diff --git a/bridges/XenForoBridge.php b/bridges/XenForoBridge.php
index 57d35868..7bf1f15d 100644
--- a/bridges/XenForoBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/XenForoBridge.php
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ class XenForoBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
 
 		$this->threadurl = filter_var(
 			$this->getInput('url'),
-			FILTER_VALIDATE_URL,
-			FILTER_FLAG_SCHEME_REQUIRED | FILTER_FLAG_HOST_REQUIRED | FILTER_FLAG_PATH_REQUIRED);
+			FILTER_VALIDATE_URL, FILTER_FLAG_PATH_REQUIRED);
 
 		if($this->threadurl === false) {
 			returnClientError('The URL you provided is invalid!');
diff --git a/lib/FeedItem.php b/lib/FeedItem.php
index 81492ad4..2812da6b 100644
--- a/lib/FeedItem.php
+++ b/lib/FeedItem.php
@@ -150,8 +150,7 @@ class FeedItem {
 			Debug::log('URI must be a string!');
 		} elseif(!filter_var(
 			$uri,
-			FILTER_VALIDATE_URL,
-			FILTER_FLAG_SCHEME_REQUIRED | FILTER_FLAG_HOST_REQUIRED | FILTER_FLAG_PATH_REQUIRED)) {
+			FILTER_VALIDATE_URL, FILTER_FLAG_PATH_REQUIRED)) {
 			Debug::log('URI must include a scheme, host and path!');
 		} else {
 			$scheme = parse_url($uri, PHP_URL_SCHEME);
@@ -343,8 +342,7 @@ class FeedItem {
 			foreach($enclosures as $enclosure) {
 				if(!filter_var(
 					$enclosure,
-					FILTER_VALIDATE_URL,
-					FILTER_FLAG_SCHEME_REQUIRED | FILTER_FLAG_HOST_REQUIRED | FILTER_FLAG_PATH_REQUIRED)) {
+					FILTER_VALIDATE_URL, FILTER_FLAG_PATH_REQUIRED)) {
 					Debug::log('Each enclosure must contain a scheme, host and path!');
 				} else {
 					$this->enclosures[] = $enclosure;