diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/src/appsec/remote_config/manager.js b/packages/dd-trace/src/appsec/remote_config/manager.js
index 8f2aa44cea2..5d4be7d7617 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/src/appsec/remote_config/manager.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/src/appsec/remote_config/manager.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { URL, format } = require('url')
+const { format } = require('url')
 const uuid = require('crypto-randomuuid')
 const { EventEmitter } = require('events')
 const tracerVersion = require('../../../../../package.json').version
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ class RemoteConfigManager extends EventEmitter {
 
     const pollInterval = Math.floor(config.remoteConfig.pollInterval * 1000)
 
-    this.url = config.url || new URL(format({
+    this.url = config.url || format({
       protocol: 'http:',
       hostname: config.hostname || 'localhost',
       port: config.port
-    }))
+    })
 
     this._handlers = new Map()
     const appliedConfigs = this.appliedConfigs = new Map()
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/src/config.js b/packages/dd-trace/src/config.js
index db473b42525..000773ea481 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/src/config.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/src/config.js
@@ -1226,7 +1226,10 @@ function maybeFloat (number) {
 }
 
 function getAgentUrl (url, options) {
-  if (url) return new URL(url)
+  if (url) {
+    if (typeof url === 'string') return url
+    if (url instanceof URL) return url.toString()
+  }
 
   if (os.type() === 'Windows_NT') return
 
@@ -1238,7 +1241,7 @@ function getAgentUrl (url, options) {
     !process.env.DD_TRACE_AGENT_PORT &&
     fs.existsSync('/var/run/datadog/apm.socket')
   ) {
-    return new URL('unix:///var/run/datadog/apm.socket')
+    return 'unix:///var/run/datadog/apm.socket'
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/src/dogstatsd.js b/packages/dd-trace/src/dogstatsd.js
index ba84de71341..b1ca00b44c0 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/src/dogstatsd.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/src/dogstatsd.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const request = require('./exporters/common/request')
 const dgram = require('dgram')
 const isIP = require('net').isIP
 const log = require('./log')
-const { URL, format } = require('url')
+const { format } = require('url')
 
 const MAX_BUFFER_SIZE = 1024 // limit from the agent
 
@@ -174,11 +174,11 @@ class DogStatsDClient {
     if (config.url) {
       clientConfig.metricsProxyUrl = config.url
     } else if (config.port) {
-      clientConfig.metricsProxyUrl = new URL(format({
+      clientConfig.metricsProxyUrl = format({
         protocol: 'http:',
         hostname: config.hostname || 'localhost',
         port: config.port
-      }))
+      })
     }
 
     return clientConfig
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/src/startup-log.js b/packages/dd-trace/src/startup-log.js
index 12086ae1168..d8dbcb181bb 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/src/startup-log.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/src/startup-log.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
+const { format } = require('url')
 const { info, warn } = require('./log/writer')
 
 const os = require('os')
@@ -54,7 +55,11 @@ function startupLog ({ agentError } = {}) {
 }
 
 function tracerInfo () {
-  const url = config.url || `http://${config.hostname || 'localhost'}:${config.port}`
+  const url = config.url || format({
+    protocol: 'http:',
+    hostname: config.hostname || 'localhost',
+    port: config.port
+  })
 
   const out = {
     [inspect.custom] () {
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/test/config.spec.js b/packages/dd-trace/test/config.spec.js
index 0c18150850e..2b925d6d606 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/test/config.spec.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/test/config.spec.js
@@ -681,9 +681,7 @@ describe('Config', () => {
 
     expect(config).to.have.property('tracing', false)
     expect(config).to.have.nested.property('dogstatsd.hostname', 'agent')
-    expect(config).to.have.nested.property('url.protocol', 'https:')
-    expect(config).to.have.nested.property('url.hostname', 'agent2')
-    expect(config).to.have.nested.property('url.port', '7777')
+    expect(config).to.have.property('url', 'https://agent2:7777')
     expect(config).to.have.property('site', 'datadoghq.eu')
     expect(config).to.have.property('service', 'service')
     expect(config).to.have.property('env', 'test')
@@ -925,9 +923,7 @@ describe('Config', () => {
       plugins: false
     })
 
-    expect(config).to.have.nested.property('url.protocol', 'https:')
-    expect(config).to.have.nested.property('url.hostname', 'agent2')
-    expect(config).to.have.nested.property('url.port', '7777')
+    expect(config).to.have.property('url', 'https://agent2:7777')
     expect(config).to.have.property('site', 'datadoghq.eu')
     expect(config).to.have.property('service', 'service')
     expect(config).to.have.property('env', 'test')
@@ -1156,9 +1152,7 @@ describe('Config', () => {
     })
 
     expect(config).to.have.property('protocolVersion', '0.5')
-    expect(config).to.have.nested.property('url.protocol', 'https:')
-    expect(config).to.have.nested.property('url.hostname', 'agent2')
-    expect(config).to.have.nested.property('url.port', '6218')
+    expect(config).to.have.property('url', 'https://agent2:6218')
     expect(config).to.have.nested.property('dogstatsd.hostname', 'server')
     expect(config).to.have.nested.property('dogstatsd.port', '8888')
     expect(config).to.have.property('site', 'datadoghq.com')
@@ -1345,9 +1339,7 @@ describe('Config', () => {
       env: 'development'
     })
 
-    expect(config).to.have.nested.property('url.protocol', 'https:')
-    expect(config).to.have.nested.property('url.hostname', 'agent3')
-    expect(config).to.have.nested.property('url.port', '7778')
+    expect(config).to.have.property('url', 'https://agent3:7778')
     expect(config).to.have.property('service', 'test')
     expect(config).to.have.property('env', 'development')
   })
@@ -1715,7 +1707,7 @@ describe('Config', () => {
         const config = new Config()
 
         expect(existsSyncParam).to.equal('/var/run/datadog/apm.socket')
-        expect(config.url.toString()).to.equal('unix:///var/run/datadog/apm.socket')
+        expect(config.url).to.equal('unix:///var/run/datadog/apm.socket')
       })
 
       it('should not be used when DD_TRACE_AGENT_URL provided', () => {
@@ -1723,7 +1715,7 @@ describe('Config', () => {
 
         const config = new Config()
 
-        expect(config.url.toString()).to.equal('https://example.com/')
+        expect(config.url).to.equal('https://example.com/')
       })
 
       it('should not be used when DD_TRACE_URL provided', () => {
@@ -1731,13 +1723,13 @@ describe('Config', () => {
 
         const config = new Config()
 
-        expect(config.url.toString()).to.equal('https://example.com/')
+        expect(config.url).to.equal('https://example.com/')
       })
 
       it('should not be used when options.url provided', () => {
         const config = new Config({ url: 'https://example.com/' })
 
-        expect(config.url.toString()).to.equal('https://example.com/')
+        expect(config.url).to.equal('https://example.com/')
       })
 
       it('should not be used when DD_TRACE_AGENT_PORT provided', () => {
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/test/runtime_metrics.spec.js b/packages/dd-trace/test/runtime_metrics.spec.js
index f3f20464630..531b348b26d 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/test/runtime_metrics.spec.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/test/runtime_metrics.spec.js
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ suiteDescribe('runtimeMetrics', () => {
       runtimeMetrics.start(config)
 
       expect(Client).to.have.been.calledWithMatch({
-        metricsProxyUrl: new URL('http://localhost:8126'),
+        metricsProxyUrl: 'http://localhost:8126',
         host: 'localhost',
         tags: [
           'str:bar',
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ suiteDescribe('runtimeMetrics', () => {
       runtimeMetrics.start(config)
 
       expect(Client).to.have.been.calledWithMatch({
-        metricsProxyUrl: new URL('http://[::1]:8126'),
+        metricsProxyUrl: 'http://[::1]:8126',
         host: 'localhost',
         tags: [
           'str:bar',