diff --git a/extensions/pref/autoconfig/src/nsLDAPSyncQuery.cpp b/extensions/pref/autoconfig/src/nsLDAPSyncQuery.cpp
index 5d6e4111256..b0beb9f7599 100644
--- a/extensions/pref/autoconfig/src/nsLDAPSyncQuery.cpp
+++ b/extensions/pref/autoconfig/src/nsLDAPSyncQuery.cpp
@@ -380,31 +380,6 @@ nsresult nsLDAPSyncQuery::InitConnection()
         return NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED;
     }
 
-    // host to connect to
-    //
-    nsCAutoString host;
-    rv = mServerURL->GetAsciiHost(host);
-    if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
-        FinishLDAPQuery();
-        return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
-    }
-
-    // on which port
-    //
-    PRInt32 port;
-    rv = mServerURL->GetPort(&port);
-    if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
-        FinishLDAPQuery();
-        return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
-    }
-        
-    PRUint32 options;
-    rv = mServerURL->GetOptions(&options);
-    if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
-        FinishLDAPQuery();
-        return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
-    }
-
     // get a proxy object so the callback happens on the main thread
     //
     rv = NS_GetProxyForObject(NS_PROXY_TO_CURRENT_THREAD,
@@ -419,9 +394,7 @@ nsresult nsLDAPSyncQuery::InitConnection()
         return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
     }
 
-    rv = mConnection->Init(host.get(), port, 
-                           (options & nsILDAPURL::OPT_SECURE) 
-                           ? PR_TRUE : PR_FALSE, EmptyCString(), selfProxy,
+    rv = mConnection->Init(mServerURL, EmptyCString(), selfProxy,
                            nsnull, mProtocolVersion);
     if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
         FinishLDAPQuery();