diff --git a/htdocs/core/class/ldap.class.php b/htdocs/core/class/ldap.class.php
index 3d92d5f9019..8fcdf53b4a6 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/class/ldap.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/class/ldap.class.php
@@ -177,20 +177,10 @@ class Ldap
 				if ($connected) break;
 				if (empty($host)) continue;
 
-				if (preg_match('/^ldap/',$host))
-				{
-					if ($this->serverPing($host) === true) {
-						$this->connection = ldap_connect($host);
-					}
-					else continue;
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					if ($this->serverPing($host, $this->serverPort) === true) {
-						$this->connection = ldap_connect($host,$this->serverPort);
-					}
-					else continue;
+				if ($this->serverPing($host, $this->serverPort) === true) {
+					$this->connection = ldap_connect($host, $this->serverPort);
 				}
+				else continue;
 
 				if (is_resource($this->connection))
 				{
@@ -742,6 +732,10 @@ class Ldap
 		if (preg_match('/^ldaps:\/\/([^\/]+)\/?$/',$host, $regs)) {
 			$host = 'ssl://'.$regs[1];
 		}
+		// Remove ldap://
+		if (preg_match('/^ldap:\/\/([^\/]+)\/?$/',$host, $regs)) {
+			$host = $regs[1];
+		}
 		$op = @fsockopen($host, $port, $errno, $errstr, $timeout);
 		if (!$op) return false; //DC is N/A
 		else {