diff --git a/src/Web/wwwroot/app/vault/views/vaultAddSite.html b/src/Web/wwwroot/app/vault/views/vaultAddSite.html
index 228363c7dc5..0ddee27829d 100644
--- a/src/Web/wwwroot/app/vault/views/vaultAddSite.html
+++ b/src/Web/wwwroot/app/vault/views/vaultAddSite.html
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <div class="form-group" show-errors>
             <label for="uri">URI</label>
             <div class="input-group">
-                <input type="url" id="uri" ng-model="site.uri" name="Uri" class="form-control" placeholder="http://..." required api-field />
+                <input type="text" id="uri" ng-model="site.uri" name="Uri" class="form-control" placeholder="http://..." api-field />
                 <span class="input-group-btn" uib-tooltip="Copy URI" tooltip-placement="left">
                     <button tabindex="-1" class="btn btn-default btn-flat" type="button" ngclipboard
                             ngclipboard-error="clipboardError(e)"
diff --git a/src/Web/wwwroot/app/vault/views/vaultEditSite.html b/src/Web/wwwroot/app/vault/views/vaultEditSite.html
index 2c0e7f8ec28..1fb537a6878 100644
--- a/src/Web/wwwroot/app/vault/views/vaultEditSite.html
+++ b/src/Web/wwwroot/app/vault/views/vaultEditSite.html
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <div class="form-group" show-errors>
             <label for="uri">URI</label>
             <div class="input-group">
-                <input type="url" id="uri" name="Uri" ng-model="site.uri" class="form-control" placeholder="http://..." required api-field />
+                <input type="text" id="uri" name="Uri" ng-model="site.uri" class="form-control" placeholder="http://..." api-field />
                 <span class="input-group-btn">
                     <button tabindex="-1" class="btn btn-default btn-flat" type="button" uib-tooltip="Copy URI" tooltip-placement="left" ngclipboard
                             ngclipboard-error="clipboardError(e)"