diff --git a/rpcclient/infrastructure.go b/rpcclient/infrastructure.go
index 4fe1d894df..e5c6ec4a02 100644
--- a/rpcclient/infrastructure.go
+++ b/rpcclient/infrastructure.go
@@ -1733,48 +1733,42 @@ func (c *Client) Send() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// CutPrefix returns s without the provided leading prefix string
+// and reports whether it found the prefix.
+// If s doesn't start with prefix, CutPrefix returns s, false.
+// If prefix is the empty string, CutPrefix returns s, true.
+// Copied from go1.20 version.
+func cutPrefix(s, prefix string) (after string, found bool) {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(s, prefix) {
+		return s, false
+	}
+	return s[len(prefix):], true
+}
+
 // ParseAddressString converts an address in string format to a net.Addr that is
 // compatible with btcd. UDP is not supported because btcd needs reliable
 // connections. We accept a custom function to resolve any TCP addresses so
 // that caller is able control exactly how resolution is performed.
 func ParseAddressString(strAddress string) (net.Addr, error) {
-	var parsedNetwork, parsedAddr string
-
-	// Addresses can either be in network://address:port format,
-	// network:address:port, address:port, or just port. We want to support
-	// all possible types.
+	// Addresses can either be in unix://address, unixpacket://address URL
+	// format, or just address:port host format for tcp.
+	if after, ok := cutPrefix(strAddress, "unix://"); ok {
+		return net.ResolveUnixAddr("unix", after)
+	}
+	if after, ok := cutPrefix(strAddress, "unixpacket://"); ok {
+		return net.ResolveUnixAddr("unixpacket", after)
+	}
 	if strings.Contains(strAddress, "://") {
-		parts := strings.Split(strAddress, "://")
-		parsedNetwork, parsedAddr = parts[0], parts[1]
-	} else if strings.Contains(strAddress, ":") {
-		parts := strings.Split(strAddress, ":")
-		parsedNetwork = parts[0]
-		parsedAddr = strings.Join(parts[1:], ":")
-	} else {
-		parsedAddr = strAddress
+		// Not supporting :// anywhere in the host or path.
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf(
+			"unsupported protocol in address: %s", strAddress,
+		)
 	}
-
-	// Only TCP and Unix socket addresses are valid. We can't use IP or
-	// UDP only connections for anything we do in lnd.
-	switch parsedNetwork {
-	case "unix", "unixpacket":
-		return net.ResolveUnixAddr(parsedNetwork, parsedAddr)
-
-	case "tcp", "tcp4", "tcp6":
-		return net.ResolveTCPAddr(parsedNetwork, verifyPort(parsedAddr))
-
-	case "ip", "ip4", "ip6", "udp", "udp4", "udp6", "unixgram":
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("only TCP or unix socket "+
-			"addresses are supported: %s", parsedAddr)
-
-	default:
-		// We'll now possibly use the local host short circuit
-		// or parse out an all interfaces listen.
-		addrWithPort := verifyPort(strAddress)
-
-		// Otherwise, we'll attempt to resolve the host.
-		return net.ResolveTCPAddr("tcp", addrWithPort)
+	u, err := url.Parse("dummy://" + strAddress)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
+	return net.ResolveTCPAddr("tcp", verifyPort(u.Host))
 }
 
 // verifyPort makes sure that an address string has both a host and a port.