Kodi does not support https any longer

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Home Assistant release (hass --version): 0.36.1

Python release (python3 --version): Python 3.4.2

Component/platform: kodi

Description of problem:

It is no longer possible to configure the kodi component to use https.

This was a bug introduced in commit 018d786 as part of pull request #5098

Expected:

Component connecting to kodi as with earlier versions.

Problem-relevant configuration.yaml entries and steps to reproduce:

media_player:
    - platform: kodi
      name: name
      host: kodi.example.com
      port: 443
      username: {{ kodi_user }}
      password: {{ kodi_pass }}
      turn_of_action: shutdown

1. Configure kodi to connect via port 443 (https)
2. Get error from homeassistant: INFO:homeassistant.components.media_player.kodi:Unable to fetch kodi data