diff --git a/sdk/servicebus/Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus/src/Administration/HttpRequestAndResponse.cs b/sdk/servicebus/Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus/src/Administration/HttpRequestAndResponse.cs
index 5612218832c1f..4cbcf015667df 100644
--- a/sdk/servicebus/Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus/src/Administration/HttpRequestAndResponse.cs
+++ b/sdk/servicebus/Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus/src/Administration/HttpRequestAndResponse.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ internal class HttpRequestAndResponse
         private readonly int _port;
         private readonly ClientDiagnostics _diagnostics;
         private readonly string _versionQuery;
+        private readonly string _scheme;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new <see cref="HttpRequestAndResponse"/> which can be used to send http request and response.
@@ -31,7 +32,8 @@ public HttpRequestAndResponse(
             ClientDiagnostics diagnostics,
             TokenCredential tokenCredential,
             string fullyQualifiedNamespace,
-            ServiceBusAdministrationClientOptions.ServiceVersion version)
+            ServiceBusAdministrationClientOptions.ServiceVersion version,
+            bool useTls)
         {
             _pipeline = pipeline;
             _diagnostics = diagnostics;
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ public HttpRequestAndResponse(
             _tokenCredential = tokenCredential;
             _fullyQualifiedNamespace = fullyQualifiedNamespace;
             _port = GetPort(_fullyQualifiedNamespace);
+            _scheme = useTls ? Uri.UriSchemeHttps : Uri.UriSchemeHttp;
         }
 
         internal void ThrowIfRequestFailed(Request request, Response response)
@@ -171,7 +174,7 @@ public async Task<Response> GetEntityAsync(
             Uri uri = new UriBuilder(_fullyQualifiedNamespace)
             {
                 Path = entityPath,
-                Scheme = Uri.UriSchemeHttps,
+                Scheme = _scheme,
                 Port = _port,
                 Query = queryString
             }.Uri;
@@ -199,7 +202,7 @@ public async Task<Response> PutEntityAsync(
             {
                 Path = entityPath,
                 Port = _port,
-                Scheme = Uri.UriSchemeHttps,
+                Scheme = _scheme,
                 Query = _versionQuery
             }.Uri;
             var requestUriBuilder = new RequestUriBuilder();
@@ -245,7 +248,7 @@ public async Task<Response> DeleteEntityAsync(
             Uri uri = new UriBuilder(_fullyQualifiedNamespace)
             {
                 Path = entityPath,
-                Scheme = Uri.UriSchemeHttps,
+                Scheme = _scheme,
                 Port = _port,
                 Query = _versionQuery
             }.Uri;
diff --git a/sdk/servicebus/Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus/src/Administration/ServiceBusAdministrationClient.cs b/sdk/servicebus/Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus/src/Administration/ServiceBusAdministrationClient.cs
index f291a92c92660..ed9edd16e87bd 100644
--- a/sdk/servicebus/Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus/src/Administration/ServiceBusAdministrationClient.cs
+++ b/sdk/servicebus/Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus/src/Administration/ServiceBusAdministrationClient.cs
@@ -105,12 +105,16 @@ public ServiceBusAdministrationClient(
             });
             _clientDiagnostics = new ClientDiagnostics(options);
 
+            // The Service Bus emulator does not support TLS.
+            var useTls = (!connectionStringProperties.UseDevelopmentEmulator);
+
             _httpRequestAndResponse = new HttpRequestAndResponse(
                 pipeline,
                 _clientDiagnostics,
                 tokenCredential,
                 _fullyQualifiedNamespace,
-                options.Version);
+                options.Version,
+                useTls);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -211,7 +215,8 @@ private ServiceBusAdministrationClient(
                 _clientDiagnostics,
                 credential,
                 _fullyQualifiedNamespace,
-                options.Version);
+                options.Version,
+                true);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/sdk/servicebus/Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus/tests/Administration/RequestResponseTests.cs b/sdk/servicebus/Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus/tests/Administration/RequestResponseTests.cs
index 0cf66da4f1fc2..28dfd248d700c 100644
--- a/sdk/servicebus/Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus/tests/Administration/RequestResponseTests.cs
+++ b/sdk/servicebus/Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus/tests/Administration/RequestResponseTests.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public RequestResponseTests()
         {
             var options = new ServiceBusAdministrationClientOptions();
             var pipeline = HttpPipelineBuilder.Build(options);
-            _requestResponse = new HttpRequestAndResponse(pipeline, new ClientDiagnostics(options), null, "fakeNamespace", ServiceBusAdministrationClientOptions.ServiceVersion.V2017_04);
+            _requestResponse = new HttpRequestAndResponse(pipeline, new ClientDiagnostics(options), null, "fakeNamespace", ServiceBusAdministrationClientOptions.ServiceVersion.V2017_04, true);
         }
 
         [Test]
diff --git a/sdk/servicebus/Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus/tests/Administration/ServiceBusManagementClientLiveTests.cs b/sdk/servicebus/Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus/tests/Administration/ServiceBusManagementClientLiveTests.cs
index 664141091cd69..6519ef37734e9 100644
--- a/sdk/servicebus/Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus/tests/Administration/ServiceBusManagementClientLiveTests.cs
+++ b/sdk/servicebus/Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus/tests/Administration/ServiceBusManagementClientLiveTests.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 using Azure.Core.TestFramework.Models;
 using Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus.Administration;
 using Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus.Authorization;
-using Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus.Tests.Infrastructure;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 
 namespace Azure.Messaging.ServiceBus.Tests.Management