diff --git a/receiver/receivercreator/discovery.go b/receiver/receivercreator/discovery.go
index 69441aeef751..f8a694912751 100644
--- a/receiver/receivercreator/discovery.go
+++ b/receiver/receivercreator/discovery.go
@@ -28,19 +28,12 @@ const (
 	configHint           = "config"
 )
 
-// hintsTemplatesBuilder creates configuration templates from provided hints.
-type hintsTemplatesBuilder interface {
-	createReceiverTemplateFromHints(env observer.EndpointEnv) (*receiverTemplate, error)
-}
-
 // k8sHintsBuilder creates configurations from hints provided as Pod's annotations.
 type k8sHintsBuilder struct {
 	logger          *zap.Logger
 	ignoreReceivers map[string]bool
 }
 
-var _ hintsTemplatesBuilder = (*k8sHintsBuilder)(nil)
-
 func createK8sHintsBuilder(config DiscoveryConfig, logger *zap.Logger) k8sHintsBuilder {
 	ignoreReceivers := make(map[string]bool, len(config.IgnoreReceivers))
 	for _, r := range config.IgnoreReceivers {
@@ -202,15 +195,6 @@ func validateEndpoint(endpoint, defaultEndpoint string) error {
 		}
 		uri = u
 	}
-	// target endpoint can come in form ip:port. In that case we fix the uri
-	// temporarily with adding http scheme
-	if uri.Scheme == "" {
-		u, err := url.Parse("http://" + endpoint)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("could not parse enpoint")
-		}
-		uri = u
-	}
 
 	// configured endpoint should include the target Pod's endpoint
 	if uri.Host != defaultEndpoint {
diff --git a/receiver/receivercreator/discovery_test.go b/receiver/receivercreator/discovery_test.go
index a0c254be4a0f..982f78de8396 100644
--- a/receiver/receivercreator/discovery_test.go
+++ b/receiver/receivercreator/discovery_test.go
@@ -369,6 +369,11 @@ func TestValidateEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 			defaultEndpoint: "1.2.3.4:8080",
 			expectError:     false,
 		},
+		"test_valid_no_scheme_no_path": {
+			endpoint:        "1.2.3.4:8080",
+			defaultEndpoint: "1.2.3.4:8080",
+			expectError:     false,
+		},
 		"test_valid_no_scheme_dynamic": {
 			endpoint:        "`endpoint`/stats",
 			defaultEndpoint: "1.2.3.4:8080",