diff --git a/ocaml/xapi/xapi_vm_migrate.ml b/ocaml/xapi/xapi_vm_migrate.ml
index e5eca21283..a71ed0cab3 100644
--- a/ocaml/xapi/xapi_vm_migrate.ml
+++ b/ocaml/xapi/xapi_vm_migrate.ml
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ let pool_migrate ~__context ~vm ~host ~options =
   let compress = use_compression ~__context options localhost host in
   debug "%s using stream compression=%b" __FUNCTION__ compress ;
   let http =
-    if !Xapi_globs.migration_https_only && host <> localhost then
+    if !Xapi_globs.migration_https_only then
       "https"
     else
       "http"