diff --git a/app/Models/Manufacturer.php b/app/Models/Manufacturer.php
index 4f11708248..eb91b3b8f2 100755
--- a/app/Models/Manufacturer.php
+++ b/app/Models/Manufacturer.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class Manufacturer extends SnipeModel
         'name'   => 'required|min:2|max:255|unique:manufacturers,name,NULL,id,deleted_at,NULL',
         'url'   => 'url|nullable',
         'support_email'   => 'email|nullable',
-        'support_url'   => 'starts_with:http://,https://,afp://,facetime://,file://,irc://','nullable',
+        'support_url'   => 'nullable|url',
         'warranty_lookup_url' => 'starts_with:http://,https://,afp://,facetime://,file://,irc://','nullable'
     ];
 
diff --git a/app/Presenters/AssetPresenter.php b/app/Presenters/AssetPresenter.php
index ef8ae632a6..ce476d082c 100644
--- a/app/Presenters/AssetPresenter.php
+++ b/app/Presenters/AssetPresenter.php
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ class AssetPresenter extends Presenter
      * Used to take user created warranty URL and dynamically fill in the needed values per asset
      * @return string
      */
-    public function dynamicVariableUrl()
+    public function dynamicWarrantyUrl()
     {
         $warranty_lookup_url = $this->model->model->manufacturer->warranty_lookup_url;
         $url = (str_replace('{LOCALE}',\App\Models\Setting::getSettings()->locale,$warranty_lookup_url));
diff --git a/resources/views/hardware/view.blade.php b/resources/views/hardware/view.blade.php
index 673488960c..e29c9da3af 100755
--- a/resources/views/hardware/view.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/hardware/view.blade.php
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@
                                                 {{ trans('admin/hardware/form.months') }}
 
                                                 @if (($asset->model->manufacturer) && ($asset->model->manufacturer->warranty_lookup_url!=''))
-                                                    <a href="{{ $asset->present()->dynamicVariableUrl() }}" target="_blank">
+                                                    <a href="{{ $asset->present()->dynamicWarrantyUrl() }}" target="_blank">
                                                         <i class="fa fa-external-link"><span class="sr-only">{{ trans('hardware/general.mfg_warranty_lookup') }}</span></i>
                                                     </a>
                                                 @endif
diff --git a/resources/views/manufacturers/edit.blade.php b/resources/views/manufacturers/edit.blade.php
index 01d7c696d6..6e87344053 100755
--- a/resources/views/manufacturers/edit.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/manufacturers/edit.blade.php
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
         </label>
         <div class="col-md-6">
             <input class="form-control" type="text" name="support_url" id="support_url" value="{{ old('support_url', $item->support_url) }}" />
-            <p class="help-block">{!! trans('admin/manufacturers/message.support_url_help') !!}</p>
             {!! $errors->first('support_url', '<span class="alert-msg" aria-hidden="true"><i class="fas fa-times" aria-hidden="true"></i> :message</span>') !!}
         </div>
     </div>