diff --git a/provider/identityprovider/github.go b/provider/identityprovider/github.go
index c315b6a6..f92337c3 100644
--- a/provider/identityprovider/github.go
+++ b/provider/identityprovider/github.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package identityprovider
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework-validators/listvalidator"
@@ -91,9 +90,6 @@ func githubHostnameValidator() validator.String {
 		// Validate hostname
 		if !hostname.IsUnknown() && !hostname.IsNull() && len(hostname.ValueString()) > 0 {
 			hostnameStr := hostname.ValueString()
-			if hostnameStr == "" {
-				return
-			}
 			if hostnameStr == "github.com" || strings.HasSuffix(hostnameStr, ".github.com") {
 				resp.Diagnostics.AddAttributeError(req.Path, "invalid hostname",
 					fmt.Sprintf("'%s' hostname cannot be equal to [*.]github.com", hostnameStr),
@@ -106,12 +102,6 @@ func githubHostnameValidator() validator.String {
 				)
 				return
 			}
-			_, err := url.ParseRequestURI(hostnameStr)
-			if err != nil {
-				resp.Diagnostics.AddAttributeError(req.Path, "invalid hostname",
-					fmt.Sprintf("Expected a valid GitHub hostname. Got %v", hostnameStr),
-				)
-			}
 		}
 	})
 }
diff --git a/tests/e2e/idps_test.go b/tests/e2e/idps_test.go
index 11edc151..71612608 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/idps_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/idps_test.go
@@ -566,6 +566,11 @@ var _ = Describe("Identity Providers", ci.Day2, ci.FeatureIDP, func() {
 			}
 		}
 
+		validateIDPArgAgainstNoError := func(svc exec.IDPService, idpArgs *exec.IDPArgs) {
+			_, err := svc.Apply(idpArgs)
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+		}
+
 		It("the mandatory idp's attributes must be set - [id:68939]", ci.Medium, func() {
 			var err error
 			idpServices.htpasswd, err = profileHandler.Services().GetIDPService(constants.IDPHTPassword)
@@ -695,6 +700,16 @@ var _ = Describe("Identity Providers", ci.Day2, ci.FeatureIDP, func() {
 			args.HostedDomain = helper.StringPointer(" invalid hostname ")
 			validateIDPArgAgainstErrorSubstrings(idpServices.github, args, "hostname must be a valid DNS subdomain or IP address")
 
+			By("Create github idp with hostname myhost.com/aa")
+			args = getDefaultGitHubArgs(idpName)
+			args.HostedDomain = helper.StringPointer("myhost.com/aa")
+			validateIDPArgAgainstNoError(idpServices.github, args)
+
+			By("Create github idp with hostname example.com")
+			args = getDefaultGitHubArgs(idpName)
+			args.HostedDomain = helper.StringPointer("example.com")
+			validateIDPArgAgainstNoError(idpServices.github, args)
+
 			By("Create github idp with empty hostname")
 			args = getDefaultGitHubArgs(idpName)
 			args.HostedDomain = helper.EmptyStringPointer