diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/JsonProtocol.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/JsonProtocol.scala
index 87a703427caf18bb8860026c3d4f5673d81527bd..ad74f5604f356a8a5128b1e1b5558e9becb81a2c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/JsonProtocol.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/JsonProtocol.scala
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ private[spark] object JsonProtocol {
   }
 
   def writeMasterState(obj: MasterStateResponse) = {
-    ("url" -> ("spark://" + obj.uri)) ~
+    ("url" -> obj.uri) ~
     ("workers" -> obj.workers.toList.map(writeWorkerInfo)) ~
     ("cores" -> obj.workers.map(_.cores).sum) ~
     ("coresused" -> obj.workers.map(_.coresUsed).sum) ~