diff --git a/lib/diaspora_federation/validators.rb b/lib/diaspora_federation/validators.rb
index 8fea8c3..310c078 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora_federation/validators.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora_federation/validators.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require "validation"
 require "validation/rule/regular_expression"
+require "validation/rule/uri"
 
 # +valid+ gem namespace
 module Validation
@@ -16,10 +17,10 @@ require "diaspora_federation/validators/rules/birthday"
 require "diaspora_federation/validators/rules/boolean"
 require "diaspora_federation/validators/rules/diaspora_id"
 require "diaspora_federation/validators/rules/guid"
+require "diaspora_federation/validators/rules/nilable_uri"
 require "diaspora_federation/validators/rules/not_nil"
 require "diaspora_federation/validators/rules/public_key"
 require "diaspora_federation/validators/rules/tag_count"
-require "diaspora_federation/validators/rules/uri"
 
 module DiasporaFederation
   # Validators to perform basic sanity-checks on {DiasporaFederation::Entities federation entities}.
diff --git a/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/person_validator.rb b/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/person_validator.rb
index 4ccd12a..f344f9e 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/person_validator.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/person_validator.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module DiasporaFederation
 
       rule :diaspora_id, :diaspora_id
 
-      rule :url, %i(not_nil URI)
+      rule :url, %i(not_nil nilableURI)
 
       rule :profile, :not_nil
 
diff --git a/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/rules/nilable_uri.rb b/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/rules/nilable_uri.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..727d460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/rules/nilable_uri.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+module Validation
+  module Rule
+    # URI validation rule
+
+    # It allows +nil+, so maybe add an additional {Rule::NotNil} rule.
+    class NilableURI < Validation::Rule::URI
+      # The error key for this rule
+      # @return [Symbol] error key
+      def error_key
+        :nilableURI
+      end
+
+      # Determines if value is a valid URI
+      def valid_value?(uri_string)
+        uri_string.nil? || super
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/rules/uri.rb b/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/rules/uri.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 97d9a06..0000000
--- a/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/rules/uri.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-module Validation
-  module Rule
-    # URI validation rule
-    #
-    # This rule is based on https://github.com/zombor/Validator/blob/master/lib/validation/rule/uri.rb
-    #
-    # It allows +nil+, so maybe add an additional {Rule::NotNil} rule.
-    class URI
-      # @param [Array<Symbol>] parts the parts that are required
-      def initialize(parts=%i(scheme host))
-        @required_parts = parts
-      end
-
-      # The error key for this rule
-      # @return [Symbol] error key
-      def error_key
-        :URI
-      end
-
-      # This rule has a +required_elements+ param
-      # @return [Hash] params
-      def params
-        {required_elements: @required_parts}
-      end
-
-      # Determines if value is a valid URI
-      def valid_value?(uri_string)
-        return true if uri_string.nil?
-
-        uri = URI(uri_string)
-        @required_parts.each do |part|
-          return false if uri.public_send(part).nil? || uri.public_send(part).empty?
-        end
-
-        true
-      rescue ::URI::InvalidURIError
-        false
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/rules/uri_spec.rb b/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/rules/nilable_uri_spec.rb
similarity index 77%
rename from spec/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/rules/uri_spec.rb
rename to spec/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/rules/nilable_uri_spec.rb
index 47cdd03..691e4fd 100644
--- a/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/rules/uri_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/rules/nilable_uri_spec.rb
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
-describe Validation::Rule::URI do
-  it "has default params" do
-    expect(described_class.new.params).to eq(required_elements: %i(scheme host))
-  end
-
+describe Validation::Rule::NilableURI do
   it "has an error key" do
-    expect(described_class.new.error_key).to eq(:URI)
+    expect(described_class.new.error_key).to eq(:nilableURI)
   end
 
   context "validation" do
     it "validates a valid uri" do
       validator = Validation::Validator.new(OpenStruct.new(uri: "http://example.com"))
-      validator.rule(:uri, :URI)
+      validator.rule(:uri, :nilableURI)
 
       expect(validator).to be_valid
       expect(validator.errors).to be_empty
@@ -18,7 +14,7 @@ describe Validation::Rule::URI do
 
     it "validates nil" do
       validator = Validation::Validator.new(OpenStruct.new(uri: nil))
-      validator.rule(:uri, :URI)
+      validator.rule(:uri, :nilableURI)
 
       expect(validator).to be_valid
       expect(validator.errors).to be_empty
@@ -26,7 +22,7 @@ describe Validation::Rule::URI do
 
     it "fails when given an invalid uri" do
       validator = Validation::Validator.new(OpenStruct.new(uri: "foo:/%urim"))
-      validator.rule(:uri, :URI)
+      validator.rule(:uri, :nilableURI)
 
       expect(validator).not_to be_valid
       expect(validator.errors).to include(:uri)
@@ -35,7 +31,7 @@ describe Validation::Rule::URI do
     context "part validation" do
       it "fails to validate when given a uri without a host" do
         validator = Validation::Validator.new(OpenStruct.new(uri: "http:foo@"))
-        validator.rule(:uri, :URI)
+        validator.rule(:uri, :nilableURI)
 
         expect(validator).not_to be_valid
         expect(validator.errors).to include(:uri)
@@ -43,7 +39,7 @@ describe Validation::Rule::URI do
 
       it "fails to validate when given a uri without a scheme" do
         validator = Validation::Validator.new(OpenStruct.new(uri: "example.com"))
-        validator.rule(:uri, :URI)
+        validator.rule(:uri, :nilableURI)
 
         expect(validator).not_to be_valid
         expect(validator.errors).to include(:uri)
@@ -51,7 +47,7 @@ describe Validation::Rule::URI do
 
       it "fails to validate when given a uri without a path" do
         validator = Validation::Validator.new(OpenStruct.new(uri: "http://example.com"))
-        validator.rule(:uri, URI: %i(host path))
+        validator.rule(:uri, nilableURI: %i(host path))
 
         expect(validator).not_to be_valid
         expect(validator.errors).to include(:uri)