diff --git a/components/script/dom/htmlanchorelement.rs b/components/script/dom/htmlanchorelement.rs
index c69e61cae80..4fb575dd1e2 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/htmlanchorelement.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/htmlanchorelement.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ impl HTMLAnchorElement {
         let attribute = self.upcast::<Element>().get_attribute(&ns!(), &atom!("href"));
         *self.url.borrow_mut() = attribute.and_then(|attribute| {
             let document = document_from_node(self);
-            document.url().join(&attribute.value()).ok()
+            document.base_url().join(&attribute.value()).ok()
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/wpt/metadata/url/a-element-xhtml.xhtml.ini b/tests/wpt/metadata/url/a-element-xhtml.xhtml.ini
index 135034d73c9..e9c12489e2e 100644
--- a/tests/wpt/metadata/url/a-element-xhtml.xhtml.ini
+++ b/tests/wpt/metadata/url/a-element-xhtml.xhtml.ini
@@ -246,39 +246,6 @@
   [Parsing: <data:text/html,test#test> against <http://example.org/foo/bar>]
     expected: FAIL
 
-  [Parsing: <C|/foo/bar> against <file:///tmp/mock/path>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: </C|\\foo\\bar> against <file:///tmp/mock/path>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <//C|/foo/bar> against <file:///tmp/mock/path>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <//server/file> against <file:///tmp/mock/path>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <\\\\server\\file> against <file:///tmp/mock/path>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: </\\server/file> against <file:///tmp/mock/path>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <//> against <file:///tmp/mock/path>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <///> against <file:///tmp/mock/path>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <///test> against <file:///tmp/mock/path>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <test> against <file:///tmp/mock/path>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <file:test> against <file:///tmp/mock/path>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
   [Parsing: <http://example.com/././foo> against <about:blank>]
     expected: FAIL
 
@@ -762,60 +729,9 @@
   [Parsing: <sc::a@example.net> against <about:blank>]
     expected: FAIL
 
-  [Parsing: <http:/:@/www.example.com> against <about:blank>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <http:@/www.example.com> against <about:blank>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <http:/@/www.example.com> against <about:blank>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <http:a:b@/www.example.com> against <about:blank>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <http:/a:b@/www.example.com> against <about:blank>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <http::@/www.example.com> against <about:blank>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <http:@:www.example.com> against <about:blank>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <http:/@:www.example.com> against <about:blank>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <i> against <sc:sd>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <i> against <sc:sd/sd>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <../i> against <sc:sd>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <../i> against <sc:sd/sd>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: </i> against <sc:sd>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: </i> against <sc:sd/sd>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <?i> against <sc:sd>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <?i> against <sc:sd/sd>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
   [Parsing: <http:> against <http://example.org/foo/bar>]
     expected: FAIL
 
-  [Parsing: <http:> against <https://example.org/foo/bar>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
   [Parsing: <sc:> against <https://example.org/foo/bar>]
     expected: FAIL
 
diff --git a/tests/wpt/metadata/url/a-element.html.ini b/tests/wpt/metadata/url/a-element.html.ini
index 14138808343..c9de2729c00 100644
--- a/tests/wpt/metadata/url/a-element.html.ini
+++ b/tests/wpt/metadata/url/a-element.html.ini
@@ -246,39 +246,6 @@
   [Parsing: <data:text/html,test#test> against <http://example.org/foo/bar>]
     expected: FAIL
 
-  [Parsing: <C|/foo/bar> against <file:///tmp/mock/path>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: </C|\\foo\\bar> against <file:///tmp/mock/path>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <//C|/foo/bar> against <file:///tmp/mock/path>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <//server/file> against <file:///tmp/mock/path>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <\\\\server\\file> against <file:///tmp/mock/path>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: </\\server/file> against <file:///tmp/mock/path>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <//> against <file:///tmp/mock/path>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <///> against <file:///tmp/mock/path>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <///test> against <file:///tmp/mock/path>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <test> against <file:///tmp/mock/path>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <file:test> against <file:///tmp/mock/path>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
   [Parsing: <http://example.com/././foo> against <about:blank>]
     expected: FAIL
 
@@ -762,60 +729,9 @@
   [Parsing: <sc::a@example.net> against <about:blank>]
     expected: FAIL
 
-  [Parsing: <http:/:@/www.example.com> against <about:blank>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <http:@/www.example.com> against <about:blank>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <http:/@/www.example.com> against <about:blank>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <http:a:b@/www.example.com> against <about:blank>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <http:/a:b@/www.example.com> against <about:blank>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <http::@/www.example.com> against <about:blank>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <http:@:www.example.com> against <about:blank>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <http:/@:www.example.com> against <about:blank>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <i> against <sc:sd>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <i> against <sc:sd/sd>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <../i> against <sc:sd>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <../i> against <sc:sd/sd>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: </i> against <sc:sd>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: </i> against <sc:sd/sd>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <?i> against <sc:sd>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
-  [Parsing: <?i> against <sc:sd/sd>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
   [Parsing: <http:> against <http://example.org/foo/bar>]
     expected: FAIL
 
-  [Parsing: <http:> against <https://example.org/foo/bar>]
-    expected: FAIL
-
   [Parsing: <sc:> against <https://example.org/foo/bar>]
     expected: FAIL