diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/freesound.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/freesound.py
index 8b5f2278cd..fcde04469c 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/freesound.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/freesound.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
         tags_str = get_element_by_class('tags', webpage)
         tags = re.findall(r'<a[^>]+>([^<]+)', tags_str) if tags_str else None
 
+        audio_url = re.sub(r'^https?://freesound\.org(https?://)', r'\1', audio_url)
         audio_urls = [audio_url]
 
         LQ_FORMAT = '-lq.mp3'