diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/asynctasks/RetrieveMetaDataAsyncTask.java b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/asynctasks/RetrieveMetaDataAsyncTask.java
index da0305f64..7750fb291 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/asynctasks/RetrieveMetaDataAsyncTask.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/asynctasks/RetrieveMetaDataAsyncTask.java
@@ -22,15 +22,11 @@ import android.util.Patterns;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.net.URLConnection;
 import java.security.KeyManagementException;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
-import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
-
 import app.fedilab.android.client.HttpsConnection;
 import app.fedilab.android.helper.Helper;
 import app.fedilab.android.interfaces.OnRetrieveMetaDataInterface;
@@ -48,7 +44,7 @@ public class RetrieveMetaDataAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {
     private boolean error = false;
     private String image, title, description, sharedSubject, sharedText;
     private WeakReference<Context> contextWeakReference;
-    private boolean shouldFetchMetaData = true;
+    private boolean shouldFetchMetaData;
 
     public RetrieveMetaDataAsyncTask(Context context, boolean shouldFetchMetaData, String sharedSubject, String sharedText, String url, OnRetrieveMetaDataInterface onRetrieveRemoteAccountInterface) {
         this.url = url;
@@ -95,14 +91,7 @@ public class RetrieveMetaDataAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {
                 Pattern descriptionPattern = Pattern.compile("meta[ a-zA-Z=\"'-]+property=[\"']og:description[\"']\\s+content=[\"']([^>]*)[\"']");
                 Pattern imagePattern = Pattern.compile("meta[ a-zA-Z=\"'-]+property=[\"']og:image[\"']\\s+content=[\"']([^>]*)[\"']");
                 try {
-                    if (!potentialUrl.startsWith("http")) {
-                        potentialUrl = "https://" + potentialUrl;
-                    }
-                    URLConnection conn = new URL(potentialUrl).openConnection();
-                    if (conn instanceof HttpsURLConnection) {
-                        error = true;
-                        return null;
-                    }
+
                     String response = new HttpsConnection(this.contextWeakReference.get(), null).get(potentialUrl);
                     Matcher matcherTitle = titlePattern.matcher(response);
                     Matcher matcherDescription = descriptionPattern.matcher(response);
@@ -115,7 +104,6 @@ public class RetrieveMetaDataAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {
                         descriptionEncoded = matcherDescription.group(1);
                     while (matcherImage.find())
                         image = matcherImage.group(1);
-
                     if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {
                         if (titleEncoded != null)
                             title = Html.fromHtml(titleEncoded, Html.FROM_HTML_MODE_LEGACY).toString();