diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net/http.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net/http.go
index b544a60a501..bc2a531b9d2 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net/http.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net/http.go
@@ -276,17 +276,7 @@ func NewProxierWithNoProxyCIDR(delegate func(req *http.Request) (*url.URL, error
 	}
 
 	return func(req *http.Request) (*url.URL, error) {
-		host := req.URL.Host
-		// for some urls, the Host is already the host, not the host:port
-		if net.ParseIP(host) == nil {
-			var err error
-			host, _, err = net.SplitHostPort(req.URL.Host)
-			if err != nil {
-				return delegate(req)
-			}
-		}
-
-		ip := net.ParseIP(host)
+		ip := net.ParseIP(req.URL.Hostname())
 		if ip == nil {
 			return delegate(req)
 		}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net/http_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net/http_test.go
index 8f5dd9cdffa..98bd6497174 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net/http_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net/http_test.go
@@ -172,6 +172,30 @@ func TestProxierWithNoProxyCIDR(t *testing.T) {
 			url:               "https://192.168.143.1:8443/api",
 			expectedDelegated: false,
 		},
+		{
+			name:              "IPv6 cidr",
+			noProxy:           "2001:db8::/48",
+			url:               "https://[2001:db8::1]/api",
+			expectedDelegated: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "IPv6+port cidr",
+			noProxy:           "2001:db8::/48",
+			url:               "https://[2001:db8::1]:8443/api",
+			expectedDelegated: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "IPv6, not matching cidr",
+			noProxy:           "2001:db8::/48",
+			url:               "https://[2001:db8:1::1]/api",
+			expectedDelegated: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:              "IPv6+port, not matching cidr",
+			noProxy:           "2001:db8::/48",
+			url:               "https://[2001:db8:1::1]:8443/api",
+			expectedDelegated: true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range testCases {