diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Governance/Actions.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Governance/Actions.hs
index b31bc17055..7faa12f9a2 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Governance/Actions.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Governance/Actions.hs
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ carryHashChecks checkHash anchor checkType =
         L.AnchorData
           <$> fetchURLErrorToGovernanceActionError
             checkType
-            (getByteStringFromURL httpsAndIpfsSchemas $ L.anchorUrl anchor)
+            (getByteStringFromURL httpsAndIpfsSchemas $ L.urlToText $ L.anchorUrl anchor)
       let hash = L.hashAnchorData anchorData
       when (hash /= L.anchorDataHash anchor) $
         left $
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Governance/DRep.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Governance/DRep.hs
index a8644d579e..b00dfbaf17 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Governance/DRep.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/Governance/DRep.hs
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ runGovernanceDRepMetadataHashCmd
       Cmd.DrepMetadataFileIn metadataFile ->
         firstExceptT ReadFileError . newExceptT $ readByteStringFile metadataFile
       Cmd.DrepMetadataURL urlText ->
-        fetchURLToGovernanceCmdError $ getByteStringFromURL allSchemas urlText
+        fetchURLToGovernanceCmdError $ getByteStringFromURL allSchemas $ L.urlToText urlText
     let (_metadata, metadataHash) = hashDRepMetadata metadataBytes
     case hashGoal of
       Cmd.CheckHash expectedHash
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ carryHashChecks potentiallyCheckedAnchor =
         L.AnchorData
           <$> withExceptT
             FetchURLError
-            (getByteStringFromURL httpsAndIpfsSchemas $ L.anchorUrl anchor)
+            (getByteStringFromURL httpsAndIpfsSchemas $ L.urlToText $ L.anchorUrl anchor)
       let hash = L.hashAnchorData anchorData
       when (hash /= L.anchorDataHash anchor) $
         left $
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/StakePool.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/StakePool.hs
index 44a03d84e2..15ea5d6e59 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/StakePool.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Run/StakePool.hs
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import           Cardano.CLI.Types.Key (readVerificationKeyOrFile)
 
 import           Control.Monad (when)
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as BS
-import           Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
-import           Data.Text (Text)
-import           Data.Text.Encoding (encodeUtf8)
 
 runStakePoolCmds
   :: ()
@@ -238,7 +235,7 @@ runStakePoolMetadataHashCmd
             . newExceptT
             $ readByteStringFile poolMetadataFile
         StakePoolMetadataURL urlText ->
-          fetchURLToStakePoolCmdError $ getByteStringFromURL allSchemas urlText
+          fetchURLToStakePoolCmdError $ getByteStringFromURL allSchemas $ L.urlToText urlText
 
     (_metadata, metadataHash) <-
       firstExceptT StakePoolCmdMetadataValidationError
@@ -274,11 +271,11 @@ carryHashChecks
 carryHashChecks potentiallyCheckedAnchor =
   case pcaMustCheck potentiallyCheckedAnchor of
     CheckHash -> do
-      let url = toUrl $ stakePoolMetadataURL anchor
+      let urlText = stakePoolMetadataURL anchor
       metadataBytes <-
         withExceptT
           StakePoolCmdFetchURLError
-          (getByteStringFromURL httpsAndIpfsSchemas url)
+          (getByteStringFromURL httpsAndIpfsSchemas urlText)
 
       let expectedHash = stakePoolMetadataHash anchor
 
@@ -293,8 +290,3 @@ carryHashChecks potentiallyCheckedAnchor =
     TrustHash -> pure ()
  where
   anchor = pcaAnchor potentiallyCheckedAnchor
-
-  toUrl :: Text -> L.Url
-  toUrl t =
-    let l = BS.length (encodeUtf8 t)
-     in fromMaybe (error "Internal Error: length of URL was miscalculated") $ L.textToUrl l t
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Run/Hash.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Run/Hash.hs
index 4add99eab0..1394d525e9 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Run/Hash.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Run/Hash.hs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8 as BSL8
 import           Data.Char (toLower)
 import           Data.Function
 import           Data.List (intercalate)
+import           Data.Text (Text)
 import qualified Data.Text as Text
 import qualified Data.Text.Encoding as Text
 import qualified Data.Text.IO as Text
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ runHashAnchorDataCmd Cmd.HashAnchorDataCmdArgs{toHash, hashGoal} = do
         return $ Text.encodeUtf8 text
       Cmd.AnchorDataHashSourceText text -> return $ Text.encodeUtf8 text
       Cmd.AnchorDataHashSourceURL urlText ->
-        fetchURLToHashCmdError $ getByteStringFromURL allSchemas urlText
+        fetchURLToHashCmdError $ getByteStringFromURL allSchemas $ L.urlToText urlText
   let hash = L.hashAnchorData anchorData
   case hashGoal of
     CheckHash expectedHash
@@ -100,9 +101,9 @@ allSchemas = [FileSchema, HttpSchema, HttpsSchema, IpfsSchema]
 httpsAndIpfsSchemas :: [SupportedSchemas]
 httpsAndIpfsSchemas = [HttpsSchema, IpfsSchema]
 
-getByteStringFromURL :: [SupportedSchemas] -> L.Url -> ExceptT FetchURLError IO BS.ByteString
+getByteStringFromURL :: [SupportedSchemas] -> Text -> ExceptT FetchURLError IO BS.ByteString
 getByteStringFromURL supportedSchemas urlText = do
-  let urlString = Text.unpack $ L.urlToText urlText
+  let urlString = Text.unpack urlText
   uri <- hoistMaybe (FetchURLInvalidURLError urlString) $ parseAbsoluteURI urlString
   case map toLower $ uriScheme uri of
     "file:"