diff --git a/src/zarr/storage/_fsspec.py b/src/zarr/storage/_fsspec.py
index bbb934cc7d..5d9e0f2325 100644
--- a/src/zarr/storage/_fsspec.py
+++ b/src/zarr/storage/_fsspec.py
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ def __init__(
                 category=ZarrUserWarning,
                 stacklevel=2,
             )
-        if "://" in path and not path.startswith("http"):
-            # `not path.startswith("http")` is a special case for the http filesystem (¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
+        if "://" in path and not path.startswith("http") and not path.startswith("swift"):
+            # special cases for the http(s) and swift filesystem, which need the protocol leaving in the path.
             scheme, _ = path.split("://", maxsplit=1)
             raise ValueError(f"path argument to FsspecStore must not include scheme ({scheme}://)")
 
@@ -249,11 +249,7 @@ def from_url(
         if not fs.async_impl:
             fs = _make_async(fs)
 
-        # fsspec is not consistent about removing the scheme from the path, so check and strip it here
-        # https://github.com/fsspec/filesystem_spec/issues/1722
-        if "://" in path and not path.startswith("http"):
-            # `not path.startswith("http")` is a special case for the http filesystem (¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
-            path = fs._strip_protocol(path)
+        path = fs._strip_protocol(path)
 
         return cls(fs=fs, path=path, read_only=read_only, allowed_exceptions=allowed_exceptions)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_store/test_fsspec.py b/tests/test_store/test_fsspec.py
index 82a96b5d1e..880b90ec6e 100644
--- a/tests/test_store/test_fsspec.py
+++ b/tests/test_store/test_fsspec.py
@@ -441,3 +441,9 @@ async def test_with_read_only_auto_mkdir(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
 
     store_w = FsspecStore.from_url(f"file://{tmp_path}", storage_options={"auto_mkdir": False})
     _ = store_w.with_read_only()
+
+def test_swift_store() -> None:
+    """
+    Test creating an FsspecStore with a SWIFT URL.
+    """
+    store = FsspecStore.from_url("swift://swift.dkrz.de/dkrz_xxx/testcontainer/test.zarr")