diff --git a/src/fetch/mod.rs b/src/fetch/mod.rs
index 1964530..3bb9e18 100644
--- a/src/fetch/mod.rs
+++ b/src/fetch/mod.rs
@@ -132,8 +132,9 @@ async fn fetch_object_http_with_accept<T: Clone, Kind: DeserializeOwned>(
         req.send().await?
     };
 
-    if let Some(location) = res.headers().get(LOCATION) {
-        let location: Url = location.to_str().unwrap().parse()?;
+    let location = res.headers().get(LOCATION).and_then(|l| l.to_str().ok());
+    if let Some(location) = location {
+        let location = location.parse()?;
         return Box::pin(fetch_object_http_with_accept(&location, data, content_type)).await;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/fetch/webfinger.rs b/src/fetch/webfinger.rs
index a73e8c1..5f3b456 100644
--- a/src/fetch/webfinger.rs
+++ b/src/fetch/webfinger.rs
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ pub enum WebFingerError {
     /// The wefinger object did not contain any link to an activitypub item
     #[error("The webfinger object did not contain any link to an activitypub item")]
     NoValidLink,
-    /// Webfinger request was redirected which is not allowed
-    #[error("Webfinger request was redirected which is not allowed")]
-    RedirectNotAllowed,
 }
 
 impl WebFingerError {