diff --git a/lib/url.js b/lib/url.js
index c13f74b5dd..d5948e450b 100644
--- a/lib/url.js
+++ b/lib/url.js
@@ -256,18 +256,11 @@ Url.prototype.parse = function(url, parseQueryString, slashesDenoteHost) {
     }
 
     if (!ipv6Hostname) {
-      // IDNA Support: Returns a puny coded representation of "domain".
-      // It only converts the part of the domain name that
-      // has non ASCII characters. I.e. it dosent matter if
-      // you call it with a domain that already is in ASCII.
-      var domainArray = this.hostname.split('.');
-      var newOut = [];
-      for (var i = 0; i < domainArray.length; ++i) {
-        var s = domainArray[i];
-        newOut.push(s.match(/[^A-Za-z0-9_-]/) ?
-            'xn--' + punycode.encode(s) : s);
-      }
-      this.hostname = newOut.join('.');
+      // IDNA Support: Returns a punycoded representation of "domain".
+      // It only converts parts of the domain name that
+      // have non-ASCII characters, i.e. it doesn't matter if
+      // you call it with a domain that already is ASCII-only.
+      this.hostname = punycode.toASCII(this.hostname);
     }
 
     var p = this.port ? ':' + this.port : '';