diff --git a/src/proxy/http/HttpSM.cc b/src/proxy/http/HttpSM.cc
index 08ebd7b1019..93488b5b9b0 100644
--- a/src/proxy/http/HttpSM.cc
+++ b/src/proxy/http/HttpSM.cc
@@ -4598,28 +4598,6 @@ HttpSM::do_remap_request(bool run_inline)
 
   check_sni_host();
 
-  // Depending on a variety of factors the HOST field may or may not have been promoted to the
-  // client request URL. The unmapped URL should always have that promotion done. If the HOST field
-  // is not already there, promote it only in the unmapped_url. This avoids breaking any logic that
-  // depends on the lack of promotion in the client request URL.
-  if (!t_state.unmapped_url.m_url_impl->m_ptr_host) {
-    MIMEField *host_field = t_state.hdr_info.client_request.field_find(static_cast<std::string_view>(MIME_FIELD_HOST));
-    if (host_field) {
-      auto host_name{host_field->value_get()};
-      if (!host_name.empty()) {
-        int  port     = 0;
-        bool has_port = false;
-
-        if (http_parse_host_header(host_name, host_name, port, has_port)) {
-          t_state.unmapped_url.host_set(host_name);
-        }
-        if (has_port) {
-          t_state.unmapped_url.port_set(port);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   if (!ret) {
     SMDbg(dbg_ctl_url_rewrite, "Could not find a valid remapping entry for this request");
     Metrics::Counter::increment(http_rsb.no_remap_matched);
diff --git a/src/proxy/http/HttpTransact.cc b/src/proxy/http/HttpTransact.cc
index cea93328fb0..5012009bd0f 100644
--- a/src/proxy/http/HttpTransact.cc
+++ b/src/proxy/http/HttpTransact.cc
@@ -1022,9 +1022,10 @@ HttpTransact::HandleBlindTunnel(State *s)
 void
 HttpTransact::StartRemapRequest(State *s)
 {
-  // Preserve effective url before remap, regardless of actual need for remap
+  // Preserve the effective URL before remap, regardless of the actual need for remap.
   s->unmapped_url.create(s->hdr_info.client_request.url_get()->m_heap);
   s->unmapped_url.copy(s->hdr_info.client_request.url_get());
+  s->hdr_info.client_request.set_url_target_from_host_field(&s->unmapped_url);
 
   if (s->api_skip_all_remapping) {
     TxnDbg(dbg_ctl_http_trans, "API request to skip remapping");
diff --git a/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/stats_over_http/stats_over_http.test.py b/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/stats_over_http/stats_over_http.test.py
index ab4b450373c..7106e3f673f 100644
--- a/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/stats_over_http/stats_over_http.test.py
+++ b/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/stats_over_http/stats_over_http.test.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #  limitations under the License.
 
 from enum import Enum
+import os
 import sys
 
 Test.Summary = 'Exercise stats-over-http plugin'
@@ -47,12 +48,28 @@ def __setupTS(self):
         self.ts = Test.MakeATSProcess("ts")
 
         self.ts.Disk.plugin_config.AddLine('stats_over_http.so _stats')
+        self.ts.Disk.logging_yaml.AddLines(
+            '''
+logging:
+  formats:
+    - name: unmapped_url
+      format: "%<cquuc>"
+  logs:
+    - filename: stats_over_http_url
+      format: unmapped_url
+'''.split("\n"))
+        self.ts.Disk.File(os.path.join(self.ts.Variables.LOGDIR, 'stats_over_http_url.log'), id='unmapped_url_log')
+        self.ts.Disk.unmapped_url_log.Content += Testers.ContainsExpression(
+            rf'http://127\.0\.0\.1:{self.ts.Variables.port}/_stats', 'The unmapped URL should contain the Host header value.')
+        self.ts.Disk.unmapped_url_log.Content += Testers.ExcludesExpression(
+            'http:///', 'The unmapped URL should not omit the request host.')
 
         self.ts.Disk.records_config.update(
             {
                 "proxy.config.http.server_ports": f"{self.ts.Variables.port} {self.ts.Variables.uds_path}",
                 "proxy.config.diags.debug.enabled": 1,
-                "proxy.config.diags.debug.tags": "stats_over_http"
+                "proxy.config.diags.debug.tags": "stats_over_http",
+                "proxy.config.log.max_secs_per_buffer": 1,
             })
 
     def __checkProcessBefore(self, tr):