diff --git a/lib/middleware/serveProxies.js b/lib/middleware/serveProxies.js
index 46e5ad82..cfe25fc0 100644
--- a/lib/middleware/serveProxies.js
+++ b/lib/middleware/serveProxies.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// eavily inspired by https://github.com/SAP/connect-openui5/blob/master/lib/proxy.js
+// heavily inspired by https://github.com/SAP/connect-openui5/blob/master/lib/proxy.js
 const url = require("url");
 const httpProxy = require("http-proxy");
 
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ function getProxyUri(uri) {
 				// Remove leading * and make sure to have exact one leading dot (.)
 				pattern = pattern.replace(/^[*]+/, "").replace(/^\.*/, ".");
 
-				// add port if no specified
-				if (pattern.indexOf(":") === -1) {
-					pattern += ":" + port;
-				}
-
 				// if host ends with pattern, no proxy should be used
 				if (canonicalHost.indexOf(pattern) === canonicalHost.length - pattern.length) {
 					return null;