diff --git a/packages/wdio-config/src/utils.js b/packages/wdio-config/src/utils.js
index 81b4f9bcbc4..53b6b5c80e6 100644
--- a/packages/wdio-config/src/utils.js
+++ b/packages/wdio-config/src/utils.js
@@ -6,18 +6,16 @@ const REGION_MAPPING = {
     'us': '', // default endpoint
     'eu': 'eu-central-1.',
     'eu-central-1': 'eu-central-1.',
-    'us-east-1': 'us-east1.'
+    'us-east-1': 'us-east-1.'
 }
 
-export function getSauceEndpoint (region, isRDC, isHeadless) {
+export function getSauceEndpoint (region, isRDC) {
     const shortRegion = REGION_MAPPING[region] ? region : 'us'
-    const product = isHeadless ? 'headless.' : ''
-
     if (isRDC){
         return `${shortRegion}1.appium.testobject.com`
     }
 
-    return `ondemand.${REGION_MAPPING[shortRegion]}${product}saucelabs.com`
+    return `ondemand.${REGION_MAPPING[shortRegion]}saucelabs.com`
 }
 
 /**
@@ -62,18 +60,9 @@ export function detectBackend (options = {}, isRDC = false) {
         // Sauce headless is currently only in us-east-1
         const sauceRegion = headless ? 'us-east-1' : region
 
-        /**
-         * headless runs not over SSL which might change soon
-         * see https://wiki.saucelabs.com/display/DOCS/Sauce+Headless+Beta
-         */
-        if (headless) {
-            protocol = 'http'
-            port = 4444
-        }
-
         return {
             protocol: protocol || 'https',
-            hostname: hostname || getSauceEndpoint(sauceRegion, isRDC, headless),
+            hostname: hostname || getSauceEndpoint(sauceRegion, isRDC),
             port: port || 443
         }
     }
diff --git a/packages/wdio-config/tests/detectBackend.test.js b/packages/wdio-config/tests/detectBackend.test.js
index 2da518e388f..b44cb381e4b 100644
--- a/packages/wdio-config/tests/detectBackend.test.js
+++ b/packages/wdio-config/tests/detectBackend.test.js
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ describe('detectBackend', () => {
             region: 'eu',
             headless: true
         })
-        expect(caps.hostname).toBe('ondemand.us-east1.headless.saucelabs.com')
-        expect(caps.port).toBe(4444)
-        expect(caps.protocol).toBe('http')
+        expect(caps.hostname).toBe('ondemand.us-east-1.saucelabs.com')
+        expect(caps.port).toBe(443)
+        expect(caps.protocol).toBe('https')
     })
 
     it('should throw if user and key are given but can not be connected to a cloud', () => {
diff --git a/packages/wdio-spec-reporter/src/index.js b/packages/wdio-spec-reporter/src/index.js
index 024800481cc..7e5ccf953c3 100644
--- a/packages/wdio-spec-reporter/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/wdio-spec-reporter/src/index.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class SpecReporter extends WDIOReporter {
     getTestLink ({ config, sessionId }) {
         if (config.hostname.includes('saucelabs')) {
             const dc = config.headless
-                ? '.us-east1.headless'
+                ? '.us-east-1'
                 : ['eu', 'eu-central-1'].includes(config.region) ? '.eu-central-1' : ''
             return ['', `Check out job at https://app${dc}.saucelabs.com/tests/${sessionId}`]
         }
diff --git a/packages/wdio-spec-reporter/tests/__fixtures__/testdata.js b/packages/wdio-spec-reporter/tests/__fixtures__/testdata.js
index 168098edc46..b8528fcf751 100644
--- a/packages/wdio-spec-reporter/tests/__fixtures__/testdata.js
+++ b/packages/wdio-spec-reporter/tests/__fixtures__/testdata.js
@@ -180,5 +180,5 @@ export const SAUCELABS_EU_REPORT = REPORT + `[loremipsum #0-0]
 `
 
 export const SAUCELABS_HEADLESS_REPORT = REPORT + `[loremipsum #0-0]
-[loremipsum #0-0] Check out job at https://app.us-east1.headless.saucelabs.com/tests/ba86cbcb70774ef8a0757c1702c3bdf9
+[loremipsum #0-0] Check out job at https://app.us-east-1.saucelabs.com/tests/ba86cbcb70774ef8a0757c1702c3bdf9
 `