diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 37a9e55..3f1fbde 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -48,12 +48,16 @@ module.exports = {
       {
         name: 'atob',
         message:
-          "'atob' unavailable in React Native 0.72. Use 'decodeBase64' helper in src/obfuscation.ts instead",
+          "'atob' unavailable in React Native's Hermes JS engine. Use 'decodeBase64' helper in src/obfuscation.ts instead",
       },
       {
         name: 'btoa',
         message:
-          "'btoa' unavailable in React Native 0.72. Use 'encodeBase64' helper in src/obfuscation.ts instead",
+          "'btoa' unavailable in React Native's Hermes JS engine. Use 'encodeBase64' helper in src/obfuscation.ts instead",
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'URL',
+        message: "URL is improperly implemented in React Native's Hermes JS engine.",
       },
       {
         name: 'Buffer',
diff --git a/src/api-endpoints.ts b/src/api-endpoints.ts
index 6d45c0c..a7297f6 100644
--- a/src/api-endpoints.ts
+++ b/src/api-endpoints.ts
@@ -17,23 +17,26 @@ export default class ApiEndpoints {
     this.params.baseUrl = params.baseUrl ?? DEFAULT_BASE_URL;
   }
 
-  endpoint(resource: string): URL {
-    const url = new URL(this.params.baseUrl + resource);
-    Object.entries(this.params.queryParams ?? {}).forEach(([key, value]) =>
-      url.searchParams.append(key, value),
-    );
-    return url;
+  endpoint(resource: string): string {
+    const endpointUrl = `${this.params.baseUrl}${resource}`;
+    const queryParams = this.params.queryParams;
+    if (!queryParams) {
+      return endpointUrl;
+    }
+    const urlSearchParams = new URLSearchParams();
+    Object.entries(queryParams).forEach(([key, value]) => urlSearchParams.append(key, value));
+    return `${endpointUrl}?${urlSearchParams}`;
   }
 
-  ufcEndpoint(): URL {
+  ufcEndpoint(): string {
     return this.endpoint(UFC_ENDPOINT);
   }
 
-  banditParametersEndpoint(): URL {
+  banditParametersEndpoint(): string {
     return this.endpoint(BANDIT_ENDPOINT);
   }
 
-  precomputedFlagsEndpoint(): URL {
+  precomputedFlagsEndpoint(): string {
     return this.endpoint(PRECOMPUTED_FLAGS_ENDPOINT);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/http-client.ts b/src/http-client.ts
index 789b55a..063ecb3 100644
--- a/src/http-client.ts
+++ b/src/http-client.ts
@@ -46,26 +46,14 @@ export interface IBanditParametersResponse {
   bandits: Record<string, BanditParameters>;
 }
 
-/**
- * Fixes issues with url.toString() in older React Native versions
- * that leaves a trailing slash in pathname
- * @param url URL to stringify
- * @returns stringified url
- */
-const urlWithNoTrailingSlash = (url: URL) => {
-  // Note: URL.pathname does not exist in some React Native JS runtime
-  //       so we have to do string manipulation on the stringified URL
-  return url.toString().replace(/\/\?/, '?').replace(/\/$/, '');
-};
-
 export interface IHttpClient {
   getUniversalFlagConfiguration(): Promise<IUniversalFlagConfigResponse | undefined>;
   getBanditParameters(): Promise<IBanditParametersResponse | undefined>;
   getPrecomputedFlags(
     payload: PrecomputedFlagsPayload,
   ): Promise<IObfuscatedPrecomputedConfigurationResponse | undefined>;
-  rawGet<T>(url: URL): Promise<T | undefined>;
-  rawPost<T, P>(url: URL, payload: P): Promise<T | undefined>;
+  rawGet<T>(url: string): Promise<T | undefined>;
+  rawPost<T, P>(url: string, payload: P): Promise<T | undefined>;
 }
 
 export default class FetchHttpClient implements IHttpClient {
@@ -94,14 +82,14 @@ export default class FetchHttpClient implements IHttpClient {
     );
   }
 
-  async rawGet<T>(url: URL): Promise<T | undefined> {
+  async rawGet<T>(url: string): Promise<T | undefined> {
     try {
       // Canonical implementation of abortable fetch for interrupting when request takes longer than desired.
       // https://developer.chrome.com/blog/abortable-fetch/#reacting_to_an_aborted_fetch
       const controller = new AbortController();
       const signal = controller.signal;
       const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), this.timeout);
-      const response = await fetch(urlWithNoTrailingSlash(url), { signal });
+      const response = await fetch(url, { signal });
       // Clear timeout when response is received within the budget.
       clearTimeout(timeoutId);
 
@@ -120,13 +108,13 @@ export default class FetchHttpClient implements IHttpClient {
     }
   }
 
-  async rawPost<T, P>(url: URL, payload: P): Promise<T | undefined> {
+  async rawPost<T, P>(url: string, payload: P): Promise<T | undefined> {
     try {
       const controller = new AbortController();
       const signal = controller.signal;
       const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), this.timeout);
 
-      const response = await fetch(urlWithNoTrailingSlash(url), {
+      const response = await fetch(url, {
         method: 'POST',
         headers: {
           'Content-Type': 'application/json',