diff --git a/src/zarr/storage/_fsspec.py b/src/zarr/storage/_fsspec.py
index c5afed521c..7945fba467 100644
--- a/src/zarr/storage/_fsspec.py
+++ b/src/zarr/storage/_fsspec.py
@@ -138,10 +138,6 @@ def __init__(
                 category=ZarrUserWarning,
                 stacklevel=2,
             )
-        if "://" in path and not path.startswith("http"):
-            # `not path.startswith("http")` is a special case for the http filesystem (¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
-            scheme, _ = path.split("://", maxsplit=1)
-            raise ValueError(f"path argument to FsspecStore must not include scheme ({scheme}://)")
 
     @classmethod
     def from_upath(
@@ -246,12 +242,6 @@ def from_url(
         if not fs.async_impl:
             fs = _make_async(fs)
 
-        # fsspec is not consistent about removing the scheme from the path, so check and strip it here
-        # https://github.com/fsspec/filesystem_spec/issues/1722
-        if "://" in path and not path.startswith("http"):
-            # `not path.startswith("http")` is a special case for the http filesystem (¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
-            path = fs._strip_protocol(path)
-
         return cls(fs=fs, path=path, read_only=read_only, allowed_exceptions=allowed_exceptions)
 
     def with_read_only(self, read_only: bool = False) -> FsspecStore:
diff --git a/tests/test_store/test_fsspec.py b/tests/test_store/test_fsspec.py
index e970c674d4..1e3ed26568 100644
--- a/tests/test_store/test_fsspec.py
+++ b/tests/test_store/test_fsspec.py
@@ -238,14 +238,6 @@ def test_from_upath(self) -> None:
         assert result.fs.asynchronous
         assert result.path == f"{test_bucket_name}/foo/bar"
 
-    def test_init_raises_if_path_has_scheme(self, store_kwargs: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
-        # regression test for https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/issues/2342
-        store_kwargs["path"] = "s3://" + store_kwargs["path"]
-        with pytest.raises(
-            ValueError, match="path argument to FsspecStore must not include scheme .*"
-        ):
-            self.store_cls(**store_kwargs)
-
     def test_init_warns_if_fs_asynchronous_is_false(self) -> None:
         try:
             from fsspec import url_to_fs