diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.ldap.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.ldap.inc.php
index dab357f2db..d3b76ccbcc 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.ldap.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.ldap.inc.php
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 			}
 
 			// connects to ldap server
-			if(!$this->ds = ldap_connect("ldap://$host", 389))
+			if(!$this->ds = ldap_connect($host))
 			{
 				/* log does not exist in setup(, yet) */
 				if(is_object($GLOBALS['egw']->log))