diff --git a/Lib/urlparse.py b/Lib/urlparse.py
index 5e5d37d..1d065d3 100644
--- a/Lib/urlparse.py
+++ b/Lib/urlparse.py
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@
                 break
         else:
             scheme, url = url[:i].lower(), url[i+1:]
-    if scheme in uses_netloc and url[:2] == '//':
+
+    if url[:2] == '//':
         netloc, url = _splitnetloc(url, 2)
     if allow_fragments and scheme in uses_fragment and '#' in url:
         url, fragment = url.split('#', 1)