diff --git a/matchmaking/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/agents/http/DelegationServiceImpl.java b/matchmaking/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/agents/http/DelegationServiceImpl.java
index b977598..e38f71f 100644
--- a/matchmaking/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/agents/http/DelegationServiceImpl.java
+++ b/matchmaking/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/agents/http/DelegationServiceImpl.java
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -131,22 +130,6 @@ public DelegationResponse executeQueryRemote(String remoteUrl, String skill, Str
 
     }
 
-    /**
-     * URL Validation
-     *
-     * @param url URL string for validation
-     * @return Returns true if the URL is valid, false otherwise.
-     */
-    public static boolean isValid(String url) { 
-        // Try creating a valid URL
-        try { 
-            new URI(url).toURL(); 
-            return true; 
-        } catch (Exception e) { // If there was an Exception while creating URL object 
-            return false; 
-        } 
-    } 
-
     /**
      * route a get request
      *
@@ -160,7 +143,7 @@ public DelegationResponse sendGetRequest(EndpointDataReference dataReference, St
 
         monitor.debug(String.format("About to delegate GET %s", url));
 
-        if (isValid(url.toString())) {
+        if (Pattern.matches("(http|edc)s?://.*", url.toString())) {
 
             var requestBuilder = new okhttp3.Request.Builder()
                     .url(url);
@@ -193,7 +176,7 @@ public DelegationResponse sendPostRequest(EndpointDataReference dataReference, S
 
         monitor.debug(String.format("About to delegate POST %s with content type %s", url, contentType));
 
-        if (isValid(url.toString())) {
+        if (Pattern.matches("(http|edc)s?://.*", url.toString())) {
 
             var requestBuilder = new okhttp3.Request.Builder()
                     .url(url)
diff --git a/matchmaking/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/agents/service/DataManagement.java b/matchmaking/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/agents/service/DataManagement.java
index 546ef7a..9efb115 100644
--- a/matchmaking/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/agents/service/DataManagement.java
+++ b/matchmaking/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/agents/service/DataManagement.java
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@
 import org.eclipse.tractusx.agents.utils.TypeManager;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import static java.lang.String.format;
 
@@ -426,34 +426,17 @@ public IdResponse createOrUpdateGraph(String assetId, String name, String descri
         return createOrUpdateAsset(assetId, assetSpec);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * URL Validation
-     *
-     * @param url URL string for validation
-     * @return Returns true if the URL is valid, false otherwise.
-     */
-    public static boolean isValid(String url) { 
-        // Try creating a valid URL
-        try { 
-            new URI(url).toURL(); 
-            return true; 
-        } catch (Exception e) { // If there was an Exception while creating URL object 
-            return false; 
-        } 
-    } 
-
     /**
      * deletes an existing aseet
      *
      * @param assetId key of the asset
      * @return idresponse
      */
-
     public IdResponse deleteAsset(String assetId) throws IOException {
         String version = "/v3";
         var url = String.format(ASSET_UPDATE_CALL, config.getControlPlaneManagementProviderUrl(), version, assetId);
 
-        if (isValid(url)) {
+        if (Pattern.matches("(http|edc)s?://.*", url)) {
             var request = new Request.Builder().url(url).delete();
             config.getControlPlaneManagementHeaders().forEach(request::addHeader);
             try (var response = httpClient.newCall(request.build()).execute()) {