diff --git a/src/uri/mod.rs b/src/uri/mod.rs
index 2c3be20..0d2f34b 100644
--- a/src/uri/mod.rs
+++ b/src/uri/mod.rs
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ impl Uri {
             _ => {}
         }
 
-        if s[0] == b'/' && s[1] != b'/' {
+        if s[0] == b'/' {
             return Ok(Uri {
                 scheme: Scheme::empty(),
                 authority: Authority::empty(),
@@ -827,10 +827,6 @@ fn parse_full(mut s: Bytes) -> Result<Uri, InvalidUriBytes> {
     // Parse the scheme
     let scheme = match Scheme2::parse(&s[..]).map_err(InvalidUriBytes)? {
         Scheme2::None => Scheme2::None,
-        Scheme2::Relative =>{
-            let _ = s.split_to(2);
-            Scheme2::Relative
-        } 
         Scheme2::Standard(p) => {
             // TODO: use truncate
             let _ = s.split_to(p.len() + 3);
@@ -924,26 +920,24 @@ impl PartialEq<str> for Uri {
         let mut absolute = false;
 
         if let Some(scheme) = self.scheme_part() {
-            
-            let delimiter_width = if let Scheme2::Relative = scheme.inner { 2 } else { 3 };
-
-            let scheme_bytes = scheme.as_str().as_bytes();
+            let scheme = scheme.as_str().as_bytes();
             absolute = true;
 
-            if other.len() < scheme_bytes.len() + delimiter_width {
+            if other.len() < scheme.len() + 3 {
                 return false;
             }
 
-            if !scheme_bytes.eq_ignore_ascii_case(&other[..scheme_bytes.len()]) {
-                return false;
-            }
-            other = &other[scheme_bytes.len()..];
-
-            if &other[..delimiter_width] != &(b"://"[3-delimiter_width..]) {
+            if !scheme.eq_ignore_ascii_case(&other[..scheme.len()]) {
                 return false;
             }
 
-            other = &other[delimiter_width..];
+            other = &other[scheme.len()..];
+
+            if &other[..3] != b"://" {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            other = &other[3..];
         }
 
         if let Some(auth) = self.authority_part() {
@@ -1034,10 +1028,7 @@ impl Default for Uri {
 impl fmt::Display for Uri {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         if let Some(scheme) = self.scheme_part() {
-            match scheme.inner{
-                Scheme2::Relative => write!(f, "//")?,
-                _ => write!(f, "{}://", scheme)?
-            }
+            write!(f, "{}://", scheme)?;
         }
 
         if let Some(authority) = self.authority_part() {
diff --git a/src/uri/scheme.rs b/src/uri/scheme.rs
index 3b66184..78e59fc 100644
--- a/src/uri/scheme.rs
+++ b/src/uri/scheme.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ pub struct Scheme {
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub(super) enum Scheme2<T = Box<ByteStr>> {
     None,
-    Relative,
     Standard(Protocol),
     Other(T),
 }
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ impl Scheme {
 
         match Scheme2::parse_exact(&s[..]).map_err(InvalidUriBytes)? {
             None => Err(ErrorKind::InvalidScheme.into()),
-            Relative => Ok(Relative.into()),
             Standard(p) => Ok(Standard(p).into()),
             Other(_) => {
                 let b = unsafe { ByteStr::from_utf8_unchecked(s) };
@@ -100,7 +98,6 @@ impl Scheme {
         match self.inner {
             Standard(Http) => "http",
             Standard(Https) => "https",
-            Relative => "",
             Other(ref v) => &v[..],
             None => unreachable!(),
         }
@@ -129,7 +126,6 @@ impl<'a> HttpTryFrom<&'a [u8]> for Scheme {
 
         match Scheme2::parse_exact(s)? {
             None => Err(ErrorKind::InvalidScheme.into()),
-            Relative => Ok(Relative.into()),
             Standard(p) => Ok(Standard(p).into()),
             Other(_) => {
                 // Unsafe: parse_exact already checks for a strict subset of UTF-8
@@ -165,7 +161,6 @@ impl From<Scheme> for Bytes {
 
         match src.inner {
             None => Bytes::new(),
-            Relative => Bytes::new(),
             Standard(Http) => Bytes::from_static(b"http"),
             Standard(Https) => Bytes::from_static(b"https"),
             Other(v) => (*v).into(),
@@ -198,7 +193,6 @@ impl PartialEq for Scheme {
         use self::Scheme2::*;
 
         match (&self.inner, &other.inner) {
-            (&Relative,&Relative) => true,
             (&Standard(Http), &Standard(Http)) => true,
             (&Standard(Https), &Standard(Https)) => true,
             (&Other(ref a), &Other(ref b)) => a.eq_ignore_ascii_case(b),
@@ -237,7 +231,6 @@ impl Hash for Scheme {
     fn hash<H>(&self, state: &mut H) where H: Hasher {
         match self.inner {
             Scheme2::None => (),
-            Scheme2::Relative => state.write_u8(3),
             Scheme2::Standard(Protocol::Http) => state.write_u8(1),
             Scheme2::Standard(Protocol::Https) => state.write_u8(2),
             Scheme2::Other(ref other) => {
@@ -300,7 +293,6 @@ impl Scheme2<usize> {
         match s {
             b"http" => Ok(Protocol::Http.into()),
             b"https" => Ok(Protocol::Https.into()),
-            b"//" => Ok(Scheme2::Relative),
             _ => {
                 if s.len() > MAX_SCHEME_LEN {
                     return Err(ErrorKind::SchemeTooLong.into());
@@ -370,10 +362,6 @@ impl Scheme2<usize> {
             }
         }
 
-        if s.starts_with(b"//") {
-            return Ok(Scheme2::Relative.into())
-        }
-
         Ok(Scheme2::None)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/uri/tests.rs b/src/uri/tests.rs
index 2e03cd2..71f9351 100644
--- a/src/uri/tests.rs
+++ b/src/uri/tests.rs
@@ -54,18 +54,6 @@ macro_rules! test_parse {
     );
 }
 
-test_parse! {
-    test_uri_parse_protocol_relative,
-    "//some/path/here",
-    [],
-
-    scheme_part = part!("//"),
-    authority_part = part!("some"),
-    path = "/path/here",
-}
-
-
-
 test_parse! {
     test_uri_parse_path_and_query,
     "/some/path/here?and=then&hello#and-bye",