diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 55580885da..142e8068d6 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 * Refactor
   * Remove unused loader argument from Plugin initializer (#2095)
   * Simplify `Configuration.random_token` and remove insecure fallback (#2102)
+  * Simplify `Runner#start_control` URL parsing (#2111)
 
 ## 4.3.1 and 3.12.2 / 2019-12-05
 
diff --git a/lib/puma/binder.rb b/lib/puma/binder.rb
index 28fcb5e47a..aa0e1d7e78 100644
--- a/lib/puma/binder.rb
+++ b/lib/puma/binder.rb
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def import_from_env
       end
     end
 
-    def parse(binds, logger)
+    def parse(binds, logger, log_msg = 'Listening')
       binds.each do |str|
         uri = URI.parse str
         case uri.scheme
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def parse(binds, logger)
                 i.local_address.ip_unpack.join(':')
               end
 
-              logger.log "* Listening on tcp://#{addr}"
+              logger.log "* #{log_msg} on tcp://#{addr}"
             end
           end
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def parse(binds, logger)
             end
 
             io = add_unix_listener path, umask, mode, backlog
-            logger.log "* Listening on #{str}"
+            logger.log "* #{log_msg} on #{str}"
           end
 
           @listeners << [str, io]
diff --git a/lib/puma/runner.rb b/lib/puma/runner.rb
index 2c9812fd92..078a26d760 100644
--- a/lib/puma/runner.rb
+++ b/lib/puma/runner.rb
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ def start_control
 
       require 'puma/app/status'
 
-      uri = URI.parse str
-
       if token = @options[:control_auth_token]
         token = nil if token.empty? || token == 'none'
       end
@@ -64,25 +62,7 @@ def start_control
       control.min_threads = 0
       control.max_threads = 1
 
-      case uri.scheme
-      when "ssl"
-          log "* Starting control server on #{str}"
-          params = Util.parse_query uri.query
-          ctx = MiniSSL::ContextBuilder.new(params, @events).context
-
-          control.add_ssl_listener uri.host, uri.port, ctx
-      when "tcp"
-        log "* Starting control server on #{str}"
-        control.add_tcp_listener uri.host, uri.port
-      when "unix"
-        log "* Starting control server on #{str}"
-        path = "#{uri.host}#{uri.path}"
-        mask = @options[:control_url_umask]
-
-        control.add_unix_listener path, mask
-      else
-        error "Invalid control URI: #{str}"
-      end
+      control.binder.parse [str], self, 'Starting control server'
 
       control.run
       @control = control