diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/aws-java-sdk-1.11.0/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/aws/v0/AwsSdkClientDecorator.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/aws-java-sdk-1.11.0/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/aws/v0/AwsSdkClientDecorator.java
index f276b16b20..e7ef390923 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/aws-java-sdk-1.11.0/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/aws/v0/AwsSdkClientDecorator.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/aws-java-sdk-1.11.0/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/aws/v0/AwsSdkClientDecorator.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import datadog.trace.api.DDTags;
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.ContextStore;
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentSpan;
 import java.net.URI;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
@@ -102,8 +101,8 @@ public class AwsSdkClientDecorator extends HttpClientDecorator<Request, Response
   }
 
   @Override
-  protected URI url(final Request request) throws URISyntaxException {
-    return new URI(request.getEndpoint().toString());
+  protected URI url(final Request request) {
+    return request.getEndpoint();
   }
 
   @Override