diff --git a/servicetalk-http-netty/src/main/java/io/servicetalk/http/netty/H2ToStH1ClientDuplexHandler.java b/servicetalk-http-netty/src/main/java/io/servicetalk/http/netty/H2ToStH1ClientDuplexHandler.java
index d9dea58764..21d85cca0f 100644
--- a/servicetalk-http-netty/src/main/java/io/servicetalk/http/netty/H2ToStH1ClientDuplexHandler.java
+++ b/servicetalk-http-netty/src/main/java/io/servicetalk/http/netty/H2ToStH1ClientDuplexHandler.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import io.servicetalk.http.api.HttpRequestMetaData;
 import io.servicetalk.http.api.HttpRequestMethod;
 import io.servicetalk.http.api.HttpResponseStatus;
+import io.servicetalk.http.api.HttpScheme;
 import io.servicetalk.transport.api.ConnectionObserver.StreamObserver;
 import io.servicetalk.transport.netty.internal.CloseHandler;
 import io.servicetalk.transport.netty.internal.DefaultNettyConnection.CancelWriteUserEvent;
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@
 
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelPromise;
-import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpScheme;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http2.Http2DataFrame;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http2.Http2Headers;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http2.Http2HeadersFrame;
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ final class H2ToStH1ClientDuplexHandler extends AbstractH2DuplexHandler {
     H2ToStH1ClientDuplexHandler(boolean sslEnabled, BufferAllocator allocator, HttpHeadersFactory headersFactory,
                                 CloseHandler closeHandler, StreamObserver observer) {
         super(allocator, headersFactory, closeHandler, observer);
-        this.scheme = sslEnabled ? HttpScheme.HTTPS : HttpScheme.HTTP;
+        this.scheme = sslEnabled ? HttpScheme.https() : HttpScheme.http();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/servicetalk-http-netty/src/test/java/io/servicetalk/http/netty/H2SchemeTest.java b/servicetalk-http-netty/src/test/java/io/servicetalk/http/netty/H2SchemeTest.java
index 1a5697e59a..6611313115 100644
--- a/servicetalk-http-netty/src/test/java/io/servicetalk/http/netty/H2SchemeTest.java
+++ b/servicetalk-http-netty/src/test/java/io/servicetalk/http/netty/H2SchemeTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package io.servicetalk.http.netty;
 
 import io.servicetalk.http.api.BlockingHttpClient;
+import io.servicetalk.http.api.HttpScheme;
 import io.servicetalk.http.api.SingleAddressHttpClientBuilder;
 import io.servicetalk.http.netty.H2PriorKnowledgeFeatureParityTest.EchoHttp2Handler;
 import io.servicetalk.tcp.netty.internal.TcpServerConfig;
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelInitializer;
 import io.netty.channel.EventLoopGroup;
-import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpScheme;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http2.Http2FrameCodecBuilder;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http2.Http2Headers;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http2.Http2HeadersFrame;
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
-import static io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpScheme.HTTP;
-import static io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpScheme.HTTPS;
 import static io.servicetalk.http.api.HttpResponseStatus.OK;
 import static io.servicetalk.http.netty.BuilderUtils.newClientBuilder;
 import static io.servicetalk.http.netty.HttpProtocol.HTTP_1;
@@ -111,7 +109,8 @@ protected void initChannel(final Channel parentChannel) {
                             @Override
                             protected void initChannel(final Http2StreamChannel streamChannel) {
                                 streamChannel.pipeline()
-                                        .addLast(new SchemeValidatorHandler(sslContext != null ? HTTPS : HTTP));
+                                        .addLast(new SchemeValidatorHandler(
+                                                sslContext != null ? HttpScheme.https() : HttpScheme.http()));
                                 streamChannel.pipeline().addLast(new EchoHttp2Handler());
                             }
                         }));
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ private SchemeValidatorHandler(final HttpScheme expectedScheme) {
         public void channelRead(final ChannelHandlerContext ctx, final Object msg) {
             if (msg instanceof Http2HeadersFrame) {
                 Http2Headers headers = ((Http2HeadersFrame) msg).headers();
-                if (!expectedScheme.name().equals(headers.scheme())) {
+                if (!expectedScheme.name().contentEquals(headers.scheme())) {
                     throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unexpected :scheme received: " + headers.scheme() +
                             ", expected: " + expectedScheme);
                 }