diff --git a/runner/runner.go b/runner/runner.go
index 74adaeb4..6ed36a6e 100644
--- a/runner/runner.go
+++ b/runner/runner.go
@@ -1310,7 +1310,7 @@ func (r *Runner) process(t string, wg *syncutil.AdaptiveWaitGroup, hp *httpx.HTT
 		protocols = []string{httpx.HTTPS, httpx.HTTP}
 	}
 
-	for target := range r.targets(hp, stringz.TrimProtocol(t, scanopts.NoFallback || scanopts.NoFallbackScheme)) {
+	for target := range r.targets(hp, t) {
 		// if no custom ports specified then test the default ones
 		if len(customport.Ports) == 0 {
 			for _, method := range scanopts.Methods {