diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 229ebb30f..204f69058 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # nanonext (development version)
 
+#### Updates
+
+* `parse_url()` drops 'rawurl', 'host' and 'requri' from the output vector as these can be derived from the other parts.
+
 # nanonext 1.7.1
 
 #### Updates
diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index 987850367..e9004ec79 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -114,15 +114,12 @@ random <- function(n = 1L, convert = TRUE) .Call(rnng_random, n, convert)
 #'
 #' @param url character string containing a URL.
 #'
-#' @return A named character vector of length 10, comprising:
+#' @return A named character vector of length 7, comprising:
 #'  \itemize{
-#'     \item `rawurl` - the unparsed URL string.
 #'     \item `scheme` - the URL scheme, such as "http" or "inproc" (always lower
 #'     case).
-#'     \item `userinfo` - the username and password if supplied in the URL
-#'     string.
-#'     \item `host` - the full host part of the URL, including the port if
-#'     present (separated by a colon).
+#'     \item `userinfo` - the username and password (if supplied in the URL
+#'     string).
 #'     \item `hostname` - the name of the host.
 #'     \item `port` - the port (if not specified, the default port if defined by
 #'     the scheme).
@@ -130,7 +127,6 @@ random <- function(n = 1L, convert = TRUE) .Call(rnng_random, n, convert)
 #'     \item `query` - the query info (typically following ? in the URL).
 #'     \item `fragment` - used for specifying an anchor, the part after # in a
 #'     URL.
-#'     \item `requri` - the full Request-URI (path\[?query\]\[#fragment\]).
 #'  }
 #'  Values that cannot be determined are represented by an empty string `""`.
 #'
diff --git a/man/parse_url.Rd b/man/parse_url.Rd
index 475620406..407949265 100644
--- a/man/parse_url.Rd
+++ b/man/parse_url.Rd
@@ -10,15 +10,12 @@ parse_url(url)
 \item{url}{character string containing a URL.}
 }
 \value{
-A named character vector of length 10, comprising:
+A named character vector of length 7, comprising:
 \itemize{
-\item \code{rawurl} - the unparsed URL string.
 \item \code{scheme} - the URL scheme, such as "http" or "inproc" (always lower
 case).
-\item \code{userinfo} - the username and password if supplied in the URL
-string.
-\item \code{host} - the full host part of the URL, including the port if
-present (separated by a colon).
+\item \code{userinfo} - the username and password (if supplied in the URL
+string).
 \item \code{hostname} - the name of the host.
 \item \code{port} - the port (if not specified, the default port if defined by
 the scheme).
@@ -26,7 +23,6 @@ the scheme).
 \item \code{query} - the query info (typically following ? in the URL).
 \item \code{fragment} - used for specifying an anchor, the part after # in a
 URL.
-\item \code{requri} - the full Request-URI (path[?query][#fragment]).
 }
 Values that cannot be determined are represented by an empty string \code{""}.
 }
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index 9a390d4dd..263599d55 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -49,19 +49,16 @@ SEXP rnng_url_parse(SEXP url) {
     ERROR_OUT(xc);
 
   SEXP out;
-  const char *names[] = {"rawurl", "scheme", "userinfo", "host", "hostname",
-                         "port", "path", "query", "fragment", "requri", ""};
+  const char *names[] = {"scheme", "userinfo", "hostname", "port", "path",
+                         "query", "fragment", ""};
   PROTECT(out = Rf_mkNamed(STRSXP, names));
-  SET_STRING_ELT(out, 0, Rf_mkChar(urlp->u_rawurl));
-  SET_STRING_ELT(out, 1, Rf_mkChar(urlp->u_scheme == NULL ? "" : urlp->u_scheme));
-  SET_STRING_ELT(out, 2, Rf_mkChar(urlp->u_userinfo == NULL ? "" : urlp->u_userinfo));
-  SET_STRING_ELT(out, 3, Rf_mkChar(urlp->u_host == NULL ? "" : urlp->u_host));
-  SET_STRING_ELT(out, 4, Rf_mkChar(urlp->u_hostname == NULL ? "" : urlp->u_hostname));
-  SET_STRING_ELT(out, 5, Rf_mkChar(urlp->u_port == NULL ? "" : urlp->u_port));
-  SET_STRING_ELT(out, 6, Rf_mkChar(urlp->u_path == NULL ? "" : urlp->u_path));
-  SET_STRING_ELT(out, 7, Rf_mkChar(urlp->u_query == NULL ? "" : urlp->u_query));
-  SET_STRING_ELT(out, 8, Rf_mkChar(urlp->u_fragment == NULL ? "" : urlp->u_fragment));
-  SET_STRING_ELT(out, 9, Rf_mkChar(urlp->u_requri == NULL ? "" : urlp->u_requri));
+  SET_STRING_ELT(out, 0, Rf_mkChar(urlp->u_scheme == NULL ? "" : urlp->u_scheme));
+  SET_STRING_ELT(out, 1, Rf_mkChar(urlp->u_userinfo == NULL ? "" : urlp->u_userinfo));
+  SET_STRING_ELT(out, 2, Rf_mkChar(urlp->u_hostname == NULL ? "" : urlp->u_hostname));
+  SET_STRING_ELT(out, 3, Rf_mkChar(urlp->u_port == NULL ? "" : urlp->u_port));
+  SET_STRING_ELT(out, 4, Rf_mkChar(urlp->u_path == NULL ? "" : urlp->u_path));
+  SET_STRING_ELT(out, 5, Rf_mkChar(urlp->u_query == NULL ? "" : urlp->u_query));
+  SET_STRING_ELT(out, 6, Rf_mkChar(urlp->u_fragment == NULL ? "" : urlp->u_fragment));
   nng_url_free(urlp);
 
   UNPROTECT(1);
diff --git a/tests/tests.R b/tests/tests.R
index e8a0af49e..69fbfa6ac 100644
--- a/tests/tests.R
+++ b/tests/tests.R
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ test_null(msleep(1))
 test_null(msleep("a"))
 test_null(msleep(-1L))
 test_type("character", urlp <- parse_url("://"))
-test_equal(length(urlp), 10L)
+test_equal(length(urlp), 7L)
 test_true(all(nzchar(parse_url("wss://use:r@[::1]/path?q=1#name"))))
 test_type("character", random())
 test_equal(nchar(random(2)), 4L)