diff --git a/lib/diaspora_federation/discovery/h_card.rb b/lib/diaspora_federation/discovery/h_card.rb
index b04040b..242d5bf 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora_federation/discovery/h_card.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora_federation/discovery/h_card.rb
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ module DiasporaFederation
       #     installations).
       #
       #   @return [String] link to the pod
-      property :url
+      property :url, default: nil
 
       # @!attribute [r] public_key
       #   When a user is created on the pod, the pod MUST generate a pgp keypair
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ module DiasporaFederation
           guid:             guid_from_doc(doc),
           nickname:         content_from_doc(doc, :nickname),
           full_name:        content_from_doc(doc, :fn),
-          url:              element_from_doc(doc, :url)["href"],
           photo_large_url:  photo_from_doc(doc, :photo),
           photo_medium_url: photo_from_doc(doc, :photo_medium),
           photo_small_url:  photo_from_doc(doc, :photo_small),
@@ -255,7 +254,7 @@ module DiasporaFederation
       # @return [Boolean] validation result
       private_class_method def self.html_document_complete?(doc)
         !(doc.at_css(SELECTORS[:fn]).nil? || doc.at_css(SELECTORS[:nickname]).nil? ||
-          doc.at_css(SELECTORS[:url]).nil? || doc.at_css(SELECTORS[:photo]).nil?)
+          doc.at_css(SELECTORS[:photo]).nil?)
       end
 
       private_class_method def self.parse_html_and_validate(html_string)
diff --git a/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/discovery/h_card_spec.rb b/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/discovery/h_card_spec.rb
index c14cd88..0376373 100644
--- a/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/discovery/h_card_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/discovery/h_card_spec.rb
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ HTML
         expect(hcard.guid).to eq(person.guid)
         expect(hcard.nickname).to eq(person.nickname)
         expect(hcard.full_name).to eq(person.full_name)
-        expect(hcard.url).to eq(person.url)
         expect(hcard.photo_large_url).to eq(photo_large_url)
         expect(hcard.photo_medium_url).to eq(photo_medium_url)
         expect(hcard.photo_small_url).to eq(photo_small_url)
@@ -237,7 +236,6 @@ HTML
 HTML
 
         hcard = Discovery::HCard.from_html(historic_html)
-        expect(hcard.url).to eq(person.url)
         expect(hcard.photo_large_url).to eq(photo_large_url)
         expect(hcard.photo_medium_url).to eq(photo_medium_url)
         expect(hcard.photo_small_url).to eq(photo_small_url)