diff --git a/src/lib/adapters/Caching.ts b/src/lib/adapters/Caching.ts
index 0b43e16045..cba376ba82 100644
--- a/src/lib/adapters/Caching.ts
+++ b/src/lib/adapters/Caching.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import Logger from '../Logger'
 import Adapter from '../interfaces/Adapter'
 import difference from 'lodash/difference'
 
-import url from 'url'
 import Ordering from '../interfaces/Ordering'
 import {
   MissingItemOrderError,
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ export default class CachingAdapter implements Adapter, BulkImportResource {
 
   getLabel():string {
     const data = this.getData()
-    return data.username + '@' + url.parse(data.url).hostname
+    return data.username + '@' + new URL(data.url).hostname
   }
 
   async getBookmarksTree(): Promise<Folder> {
@@ -41,9 +40,13 @@ export default class CachingAdapter implements Adapter, BulkImportResource {
     if (bm.url === 'data:') {
       return false
     }
-    return Boolean(['https:', 'http:', 'ftp:', 'data:', 'javascript:', 'chrome:', 'file:'].includes(
-      url.parse(bm.url).protocol
-    ))
+    try {
+      return Boolean(['https:', 'http:', 'ftp:', 'data:', 'javascript:', 'chrome:', 'file:'].includes(
+        new URL(bm.url).protocol
+      ))
+    } catch (e) {
+      return false
+    }
   }
 
   async createBookmark(bm:Bookmark):Promise<string|number> {
diff --git a/src/lib/adapters/NextcloudBookmarks.ts b/src/lib/adapters/NextcloudBookmarks.ts
index 8232629d0b..daa88440ac 100644
--- a/src/lib/adapters/NextcloudBookmarks.ts
+++ b/src/lib/adapters/NextcloudBookmarks.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import { Bookmark, Folder, ItemLocation, TItem } from '../Tree'
 import { Base64 } from 'js-base64'
 import AsyncLock from 'async-lock'
 import * as Parallel from 'async-parallel'
-import url from 'url'
 import PQueue from 'p-queue'
 import flatten from 'lodash/flatten'
 import { BulkImportResource, LoadFolderChildrenResource, OrderFolderResource } from '../interfaces/Resource'
@@ -106,27 +105,26 @@ export default class NextcloudBookmarksAdapter implements Adapter, BulkImportRes
 
   getLabel():string {
     const data = this.getData()
-    return data.username.includes('@') ? data.username + ' on ' + url.parse(data.url).hostname : data.username + '@' + url.parse(data.url).hostname
+    return data.username.includes('@') ? data.username + ' on ' + new URL(data.url).hostname : data.username + '@' + new URL(data.url).hostname
   }
 
   acceptsBookmark(bm: Bookmark):boolean {
-    return Boolean(~['https:', 'http:', 'ftp:'].indexOf(url.parse(bm.url).protocol))
+    try {
+      return Boolean(~['https:', 'http:', 'ftp:'].indexOf(new URL(bm.url).protocol))
+    } catch (e) {
+      return false
+    }
   }
 
   normalizeServerURL(input:string):string {
-    const serverURL = url.parse(input)
+    const serverURL = new URL(input)
     const indexLoc = serverURL.pathname.indexOf('index.php')
-    return url.format({
-      protocol: serverURL.protocol,
-      auth: serverURL.auth,
-      host: serverURL.host,
-      port: serverURL.port,
-      pathname:
-        serverURL.pathname.substr(0, ~indexLoc ? indexLoc : undefined) +
-        (!~indexLoc && serverURL.pathname[serverURL.pathname.length - 1] !== '/'
-          ? '/'
-          : ''),
-    })
+    if (!serverURL.pathname) serverURL.pathname = ''
+    serverURL.search = ''
+    serverURL.hash = ''
+    serverURL.pathname = serverURL.pathname.substring(0, ~indexLoc ? indexLoc : undefined)
+    const output = serverURL.toString()
+    return output + (output[output.length - 1] !== '/' ? '/' : '')
   }
 
   timeout(ms) {
diff --git a/src/lib/adapters/WebDav.ts b/src/lib/adapters/WebDav.ts
index 02194b2cff..6e6c80aa7e 100644
--- a/src/lib/adapters/WebDav.ts
+++ b/src/lib/adapters/WebDav.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import XbelSerializer from '../serializers/Xbel'
 import Logger from '../Logger'
 import { Base64 } from 'js-base64'
 
-import url from 'url'
 import Crypto from '../Crypto'
 import {
   AuthenticationError,
@@ -51,17 +50,12 @@ export default class WebDavAdapter extends CachingAdapter {
   }
 
   normalizeServerURL(input) {
-    const serverURL = url.parse(input)
+    const serverURL = new URL(input)
     if (!serverURL.pathname) serverURL.pathname = ''
-    return url.format({
-      protocol: serverURL.protocol,
-      auth: serverURL.auth,
-      host: serverURL.host,
-      port: serverURL.port,
-      pathname:
-        serverURL.pathname +
-        (serverURL.pathname[serverURL.pathname.length - 1] !== '/' ? '/' : '')
-    })
+    serverURL.search = ''
+    serverURL.hash = ''
+    const output = serverURL.toString()
+    return output + (output[output.length - 1] !== '/' ? '/' : '')
   }
 
   cancel() {
diff --git a/src/lib/browser/BrowserTree.ts b/src/lib/browser/BrowserTree.ts
index 6bff484e40..b5a735732f 100644
--- a/src/lib/browser/BrowserTree.ts
+++ b/src/lib/browser/BrowserTree.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import PQueue from 'p-queue'
 import Account from '../Account'
 import { Bookmark, Folder, ItemLocation, ItemType } from '../Tree'
 import Ordering from '../interfaces/Ordering'
-import url from 'url'
 import random from 'random'
 import seedrandom from 'seedrandom'
 import { isVivaldi } from './BrowserDetection'
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ export default class BrowserTree implements IResource {
       return
     }
     try {
-      if (self.location.protocol === 'moz-extension:' && url.parse(bookmark.url).hostname === 'separator.floccus.org') {
+      if (self.location.protocol === 'moz-extension:' && new URL(bookmark.url).hostname === 'separator.floccus.org') {
         const node = await this.queue.add(async() => {
           Logger.log('(local)CREATE: executing create ', bookmark)
           return browser.bookmarks.create({
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ export default class BrowserTree implements IResource {
       return
     }
     try {
-      if (self.location.protocol === 'moz-extension:' && url.parse(bookmark.url).hostname === 'separator.floccus.org') {
+      if (self.location.protocol === 'moz-extension:' && new URL(bookmark.url).hostname === 'separator.floccus.org') {
         // noop
       } else {
         await this.queue.add(async() => {