diff --git a/src/utils/readSpec.ts b/src/utils/readSpec.ts
index 016bf929e..6faa4b22b 100644
--- a/src/utils/readSpec.ts
+++ b/src/utils/readSpec.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 import { readSpecFromDisk } from './readSpecFromDisk';
-import { readSpecFromHttp } from './readSpecFromHttp';
-import { readSpecFromHttps } from './readSpecFromHttps';
+import { readSpecFromUrl } from './readSpecFromUrl';
 
 export const readSpec = async (input: string): Promise<string> => {
     if (input.startsWith('https://')) {
-        return await readSpecFromHttps(input);
+        return await readSpecFromUrl(input, 'https');
     }
     if (input.startsWith('http://')) {
-        return await readSpecFromHttp(input);
+        return await readSpecFromUrl(input, 'http');
     }
     return await readSpecFromDisk(input);
 };
diff --git a/src/utils/readSpecFromHttp.ts b/src/utils/readSpecFromHttp.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c33728cf..000000000
--- a/src/utils/readSpecFromHttp.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import { get } from 'http';
-
-/**
- * Download the spec file from a HTTP resource
- * @param url
- */
-export const readSpecFromHttp = async (url: string): Promise<string> =>
-    new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
-        get(url, response => {
-            let body = '';
-            response.on('data', chunk => {
-                body += chunk;
-            });
-            response.on('end', () => {
-                resolve(body);
-            });
-            response.on('error', () => {
-                reject(`Could not read OpenApi spec: "${url}"`);
-            });
-        });
-    });
diff --git a/src/utils/readSpecFromHttps.ts b/src/utils/readSpecFromHttps.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 984bd966d..000000000
--- a/src/utils/readSpecFromHttps.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import { get } from 'https';
-
-/**
- * Download the spec file from a HTTPS resource
- * @param url
- */
-export const readSpecFromHttps = async (url: string): Promise<string> =>
-    new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
-        get(url, response => {
-            let body = '';
-            response.on('data', chunk => {
-                body += chunk;
-            });
-            response.on('end', () => {
-                resolve(body);
-            });
-            response.on('error', () => {
-                reject(`Could not read OpenApi spec: "${url}"`);
-            });
-        });
-    });
diff --git a/src/utils/readSpecFromUrl.ts b/src/utils/readSpecFromUrl.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..533af2a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/readSpecFromUrl.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import http from 'http';
+import https from 'https';
+
+/**
+ * Download the spec file from a url resource
+ * @param url
+ * @param protocol
+ */
+export const readSpecFromUrl = async (url: string, protocol: 'http' | 'https'): Promise<string> =>
+    new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
+        const cb = (response: http.IncomingMessage) => {
+            let body = '';
+            response.on('data', chunk => {
+                body += chunk;
+            });
+            response.on('end', () => {
+                resolve(body);
+            });
+            response.on('error', () => {
+                reject(`Could not read OpenApi spec: "${url}"`);
+            });
+        };
+        if (protocol === 'http') {
+            http.get(url, cb);
+        } else if (protocol === 'https') {
+            https.get(url, cb);
+        }
+    });