diff --git a/etcd.go b/etcd.go
index d3a964ac7..fbf868a70 100644
--- a/etcd.go
+++ b/etcd.go
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ func createTransporter(st int) transporter {
 
 	switch st {
 	case HTTP:
-		t.https = false
+		t.scheme = "http://"
 
 		tr := &http.Transport{
 			Dial: dialTimeout,
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ func createTransporter(st int) transporter {
 	case HTTPS:
 		fallthrough
 	case HTTPSANDVERIFY:
-		t.https = true
+		t.scheme = "https://"
 
 		tlsCert, err := tls.LoadX509KeyPair(serverCertFile, serverKeyFile)
 
diff --git a/transporter.go b/transporter.go
index f49047372..c68f062da 100644
--- a/transporter.go
+++ b/transporter.go
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import (
 // Transporter layer for communication between raft nodes
 type transporter struct {
 	client *http.Client
-	// https
-	https bool
+	// scheme
+	scheme string
 }
 
 // Sends AppendEntries RPCs to a peer when the server is the leader.
@@ -102,23 +102,12 @@ func (t transporter) GetLeaderClientAddress() string {
 
 // Send server side POST request
 func (t transporter) Post(path string, body io.Reader) (*http.Response, error) {
-
-	if t.https {
-		resp, err := t.client.Post("https://"+path, "application/json", body)
+		resp, err := t.client.Post(t.scheme + path, "application/json", body)
 		return resp, err
-	} else {
-		resp, err := t.client.Post("http://"+path, "application/json", body)
-		return resp, err
-	}
 }
 
 // Send server side GET request
 func (t transporter) Get(path string) (*http.Response, error) {
-	if t.https {
-		resp, err := t.client.Get("https://" + path)
+		resp, err := t.client.Get(t.scheme + path)
 		return resp, err
-	} else {
-		resp, err := t.client.Get("http://" + path)
-		return resp, err
-	}
 }