Fixed legacy url parsing, closes #1434.

| Q             | A
| ------------- | ---
| Bug fix?      | yes
| New feature?  | no
| BC breaks?    | no
| Deprecations? | no
| Tests pass?   | yes
| Fixed tickets | #1434
| Refs tickets  | ---
| License       | MIT
| Doc PR        | ---

Just like the exception in line 147, this one should be commented.