diff --git a/lib/adapters/http.js b/lib/adapters/http.js
index 0985d7c87c..b864afeb18 100755
--- a/lib/adapters/http.js
+++ b/lib/adapters/http.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {getProxyForUrl} from 'proxy-from-env';
 import http from 'http';
 import https from 'https';
 import followRedirects from 'follow-redirects';
-import url from 'url';
 import zlib from 'zlib';
 import {VERSION} from '../env/data.js';
 import transitionalDefaults from '../defaults/transitional.js';
@@ -62,13 +61,15 @@ function setProxy(options, configProxy, location) {
   if (!proxy && proxy !== false) {
     const proxyUrl = getProxyForUrl(location);
     if (proxyUrl) {
-      proxy = url.parse(proxyUrl);
-      // replace 'host' since the proxy object is not a URL object
-      proxy.host = proxy.hostname;
+      proxy = new URL(proxyUrl);
     }
   }
   if (proxy) {
     // Basic proxy authorization
+    if (proxy.username) {
+      proxy.auth = (proxy.username || '') + ':' + (proxy.password || '');
+    }
+
     if (proxy.auth) {
       // Support proxy auth object form
       if (proxy.auth.username || proxy.auth.password) {
@@ -81,8 +82,9 @@ function setProxy(options, configProxy, location) {
     }
 
     options.headers.host = options.hostname + (options.port ? ':' + options.port : '');
-    options.hostname = proxy.host;
-    options.host = proxy.host;
+    options.hostname = proxy.hostname;
+    // Replace 'host' since options is not a URL object
+    options.host = proxy.hostname;
     options.port = proxy.port;
     options.path = location;
     if (proxy.protocol) {
@@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ export default function httpAdapter(config) {
 
     // Parse url
     const fullPath = buildFullPath(config.baseURL, config.url);
-    const parsed = url.parse(fullPath);
+    const parsed = new URL(fullPath);
     const protocol = parsed.protocol || supportedProtocols[0];
 
     if (protocol === 'data:') {
@@ -291,17 +293,17 @@ export default function httpAdapter(config) {
       auth = username + ':' + password;
     }
 
-    if (!auth && parsed.auth) {
-      const urlAuth = parsed.auth.split(':');
-      const urlUsername = urlAuth[0] || '';
-      const urlPassword = urlAuth[1] || '';
+    if (!auth && parsed.username) {
+      const urlUsername = parsed.username;
+      const urlPassword = parsed.password;
       auth = urlUsername + ':' + urlPassword;
     }
 
     auth && headers.delete('authorization');
 
+    const path = parsed.pathname.concat(parsed.searchParams);
     try {
-      buildURL(parsed.path, config.params, config.paramsSerializer).replace(/^\?/, '');
+      buildURL(path, config.params, config.paramsSerializer).replace(/^\?/, '');
     } catch (err) {
       const customErr = new Error(err.message);
       customErr.config = config;
@@ -313,8 +315,8 @@ export default function httpAdapter(config) {
     headers.set('Accept-Encoding', 'gzip, deflate, br', false);
 
     const options = {
-      path: buildURL(parsed.path, config.params, config.paramsSerializer).replace(/^\?/, ''),
-      method,
+      path: buildURL(path, config.params, config.paramsSerializer).replace(/^\?/, ''),
+      method: method,
       headers: headers.toJSON(),
       agents: { http: config.httpAgent, https: config.httpsAgent },
       auth,
diff --git a/test/unit/adapters/http.js b/test/unit/adapters/http.js
index 59c5a11f72..516ee078b1 100644
--- a/test/unit/adapters/http.js
+++ b/test/unit/adapters/http.js
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ describe('supports http with nodejs', function () {
     }).listen(socketName, function () {
       axios({
         socketPath: socketName,
-        url: '/'
+        url: 'http://localhost:4444/socket'
       })
         .then(function (resp) {
           assert.equal(resp.status, 200);