diff --git a/selfservice/flow/registration/request.go b/selfservice/flow/registration/request.go
index 89bfa171da6..09fd151c4c0 100644
--- a/selfservice/flow/registration/request.go
+++ b/selfservice/flow/registration/request.go
@@ -73,11 +73,9 @@ func NewRequest(exp time.Duration, csrf string, r *http.Request) *Request {
 	source := urlx.Copy(r.URL)
 	source.Host = r.Host
 
-	if len(source.Scheme) == 0 {
-		source.Scheme = "http"
-		if r.TLS != nil {
-			source.Scheme = "https"
-		}
+	source.Scheme = "http"
+	if r.TLS != nil {
+		source.Scheme = "https"
 	}
 
 	return &Request{
diff --git a/selfservice/flow/registration/request_test.go b/selfservice/flow/registration/request_test.go
index ca160b186cc..70fac134e49 100644
--- a/selfservice/flow/registration/request_test.go
+++ b/selfservice/flow/registration/request_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package registration_test
 
 import (
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"net/http"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -8,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
+	"github.com/ory/x/urlx"
+
 	"github.com/ory/kratos/selfservice/flow/registration"
 	"github.com/ory/kratos/x"
 )
@@ -28,6 +32,34 @@ func TestFakeRequestData(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestNewRequest(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("case=0", func(t *testing.T) {
+		r := registration.NewRequest(0, "csrf", &http.Request{
+			URL:  urlx.ParseOrPanic("/"),
+			Host: "ory.sh", TLS: &tls.ConnectionState{},
+		})
+		assert.Equal(t, r.IssuedAt, r.ExpiresAt)
+		// assert.Equal(t, flow.TypeBrowser, r.Type)
+		assert.Equal(t, "https://ory.sh/", r.RequestURL)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("case=1", func(t *testing.T) {
+		r := registration.NewRequest(0, "csrf", &http.Request{
+			URL:  urlx.ParseOrPanic("/"),
+			Host: "ory.sh"})
+		assert.Equal(t, r.IssuedAt, r.ExpiresAt)
+		// assert.Equal(t, flow.TypeBrowser, r.Type)
+		assert.Equal(t, "http://ory.sh/", r.RequestURL)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("case=2", func(t *testing.T) {
+		r := registration.NewRequest(0, "csrf", &http.Request{
+			URL:  urlx.ParseOrPanic("https://ory.sh/"),
+			Host: "ory.sh"})
+		assert.Equal(t, "http://ory.sh/", r.RequestURL)
+	})
+}
+
 func TestRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	r := &registration.Request{ID: x.NewUUID()}
 	assert.Equal(t, r.ID, r.GetID())