diff --git a/dapr/clients/__init__.py b/dapr/clients/__init__.py
index da5f373b..4586b040 100644
--- a/dapr/clients/__init__.py
+++ b/dapr/clients/__init__.py
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ def __init__(
             if http_timeout_seconds is None:
                 http_timeout_seconds = settings.DAPR_HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
             self.invocation_client = DaprInvocationHttpClient(headers_callback=headers_callback,
-                                                              timeout=http_timeout_seconds,
-                                                              address=address)
+                                                              timeout=http_timeout_seconds)
         elif invocation_protocol == 'GRPC':
             pass
         else:
diff --git a/dapr/clients/http/client.py b/dapr/clients/http/client.py
index da66ea30..d0f178b2 100644
--- a/dapr/clients/http/client.py
+++ b/dapr/clients/http/client.py
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ class DaprHttpClient:
     def __init__(self,
                  message_serializer: 'Serializer',
                  timeout: Optional[int] = 60,
-                 headers_callback: Optional[Callable[[], Dict[str, str]]] = None,
-                 address: Optional[str] = None):
+                 headers_callback: Optional[Callable[[], Dict[str, str]]] = None):
         """Invokes Dapr over HTTP.
 
         Args:
@@ -49,15 +48,12 @@ def __init__(self,
         self._timeout = aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=timeout)
         self._serializer = message_serializer
         self._headers_callback = headers_callback
-        self._address = address
 
     def get_api_url(self) -> str:
-        if self._address:
-            return '{}/{}'.format(self._address, settings.DAPR_API_VERSION)
         if settings.DAPR_HTTP_ENDPOINT:
             return '{}/{}'.format(settings.DAPR_HTTP_ENDPOINT, settings.DAPR_API_VERSION)
-        else:
-            return 'http://{}:{}/{}'.format(settings.DAPR_RUNTIME_HOST,
+
+        return 'http://{}:{}/{}'.format(settings.DAPR_RUNTIME_HOST,
                                             settings.DAPR_HTTP_PORT, settings.DAPR_API_VERSION)
 
     async def send_bytes(
diff --git a/dapr/clients/http/dapr_invocation_http_client.py b/dapr/clients/http/dapr_invocation_http_client.py
index 0010fad5..af965639 100644
--- a/dapr/clients/http/dapr_invocation_http_client.py
+++ b/dapr/clients/http/dapr_invocation_http_client.py
@@ -34,15 +34,14 @@ class DaprInvocationHttpClient:
     def __init__(
             self,
             timeout: int = 60,
-            headers_callback: Optional[Callable[[], Dict[str, str]]] = None,
-            address: Optional[str] = None):
+            headers_callback: Optional[Callable[[], Dict[str, str]]] = None):
         """Invokes Dapr's API for method invocation over HTTP.
 
         Args:
             timeout (int, optional): Timeout in seconds, defaults to 60.
             headers_callback (lambda: Dict[str, str]], optional): Generates header for each request.
         """
-        self._client = DaprHttpClient(DefaultJSONSerializer(), timeout, headers_callback, address)
+        self._client = DaprHttpClient(DefaultJSONSerializer(), timeout, headers_callback)
 
     async def invoke_method_async(
             self,