diff --git a/idna/src/uts46.rs b/idna/src/uts46.rs
index bfe12ff26..af2a63139 100644
--- a/idna/src/uts46.rs
+++ b/idna/src/uts46.rs
@@ -198,12 +198,10 @@ fn validate(label: &str, flags: Flags, errors: &mut Vec<Error>) {
     }
 
     // Can not contain '.' since the input is from .split('.')
-    if {
-        let mut chars = label.chars().skip(2);
-        let third = chars.next();
-        let fourth = chars.next();
-        (third, fourth) == (Some('-'), Some('-'))
-    } || label.starts_with("-")
+    // Spec says that the label must not contain a HYPHEN-MINUS character in both the
+    // third and fourth positions. But nobody follows this criteria. See the spec issue below:
+    // https://github.com/whatwg/url/issues/53
+    if label.starts_with("-")
         || label.ends_with("-")
         || label.chars().next().map_or(false, is_combining_mark)
         || label.chars().any(|c| match *find_char(c) {
diff --git a/tests/unit.rs b/tests/unit.rs
index 8a1d6794c..eb460015d 100644
--- a/tests/unit.rs
+++ b/tests/unit.rs
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ fn host_serialization() {
 fn test_idna() {
     assert!("http://goșu.ro".parse::<Url>().is_ok());
     assert_eq!(Url::parse("http://☃.net/").unwrap().host(), Some(Host::Domain("xn--n3h.net")));
+    assert!("https://r2---sn-huoa-cvhl.googlevideo.com/crossdomain.xml".parse::<Url>().is_ok());
 }
 
 #[test]