diff --git a/ports/gonk/Cargo.lock b/ports/gonk/Cargo.lock
index 6078ce1206b..b09bc8d552a 100644
--- a/ports/gonk/Cargo.lock
+++ b/ports/gonk/Cargo.lock
@@ -1086,6 +1086,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "string_cache 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/servo/string-cache)",
  "string_cache_plugin 0.1.1 (git+https://github.com/servo/string-cache)",
  "time 0.1.25 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "url 0.2.31 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/ports/gonk/src/lib.rs b/ports/gonk/src/lib.rs
index 0038ee8eeb6..bc9a8f6bb86 100644
--- a/ports/gonk/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ports/gonk/src/lib.rs
@@ -122,17 +122,8 @@ impl Browser {
                                                       devtools_chan,
                                                       storage_task);
 
-        // Send the URL command to the constellation.
-        let cwd = env::current_dir().unwrap();
-        let url = match url::Url::parse(&opts.url) {
-            Ok(url) => url,
-            Err(url::ParseError::RelativeUrlWithoutBase)
-            => url::Url::from_file_path(&*cwd.join(&opts.url)).unwrap(),
-            Err(_) => panic!("URL parsing failed"),
-        };
-
         let ConstellationChan(ref chan) = constellation_chan;
-        chan.send(ConstellationMsg::InitLoadUrl(url)).unwrap();
+        chan.send(ConstellationMsg::InitLoadUrl(opts.url.clone())).unwrap();
 
         // The compositor coordinates with the client window to create the final
         // rendered page and display it somewhere.