diff --git a/homeassistant/components/soundtouch/media_player.py b/homeassistant/components/soundtouch/media_player.py
index fa5c0dd7095..831b64f7056 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/soundtouch/media_player.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/soundtouch/media_player.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from functools import partial
 import logging
-import re
 from typing import Any
 
 from libsoundtouch.device import SoundTouchDevice
@@ -250,7 +249,7 @@ class SoundTouchMediaPlayer(MediaPlayerEntity):
     ) -> None:
         """Play a piece of media."""
         _LOGGER.debug("Starting media with media_id: %s", media_id)
-        if re.match(r"http?://", str(media_id)):
+        if str(media_id).lower().startswith("http://"):  # no https support
             # URL
             _LOGGER.debug("Playing URL %s", str(media_id))
             self._device.play_url(str(media_id))