diff --git a/src/zarr/storage/_fsspec.py b/src/zarr/storage/_fsspec.py
index bbb934cc7d..eeda0d9001 100644
--- a/src/zarr/storage/_fsspec.py
+++ b/src/zarr/storage/_fsspec.py
@@ -141,10 +141,6 @@ 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)_/¯)
-            scheme, _ = path.split("://", maxsplit=1)
-            raise ValueError(f"path argument to FsspecStore must not include scheme ({scheme}://)")
 
     @classmethod
     def from_upath(
@@ -249,12 +245,6 @@ 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)
-
         return cls(fs=fs, path=path, read_only=read_only, allowed_exceptions=allowed_exceptions)
 
     def with_read_only(self, read_only: bool = False) -> FsspecStore: