diff --git a/lib/src/in_app_webview/headless_in_app_webview.dart b/lib/src/in_app_webview/headless_in_app_webview.dart
index 4e1460a1..47ab3f35 100644
--- a/lib/src/in_app_webview/headless_in_app_webview.dart
+++ b/lib/src/in_app_webview/headless_in_app_webview.dart
@@ -140,9 +140,7 @@ class HeadlessInAppWebView implements WebView {
     args.putIfAbsent(
         'params',
         () => <String, dynamic>{
-              'initialUrlRequest': (this.initialUrlRequest ??
-                      URLRequest(url: Uri.parse("about:blank")))
-                  .toMap(),
+              'initialUrlRequest': this.initialUrlRequest?.toMap(),
               'initialFile': this.initialFile,
               'initialData': this.initialData?.toMap(),
               'initialOptions': this.initialOptions?.toMap() ?? {},
diff --git a/lib/src/in_app_webview/in_app_webview.dart b/lib/src/in_app_webview/in_app_webview.dart
index f60f956f..4c3f7f3e 100755
--- a/lib/src/in_app_webview/in_app_webview.dart
+++ b/lib/src/in_app_webview/in_app_webview.dart
@@ -399,9 +399,7 @@ class _InAppWebViewState extends State<InAppWebView> {
               viewType: 'com.pichillilorenzo/flutter_inappwebview',
               layoutDirection: TextDirection.rtl,
               creationParams: <String, dynamic>{
-                'initialUrlRequest': (widget.initialUrlRequest ??
-                        URLRequest(url: Uri.parse("about:blank")))
-                    .toMap(),
+                'initialUrlRequest': widget.initialUrlRequest?.toMap(),
                 'initialFile': widget.initialFile,
                 'initialData': widget.initialData?.toMap(),
                 'initialOptions': widget.initialOptions?.toMap() ?? {},
@@ -430,9 +428,7 @@ class _InAppWebViewState extends State<InAppWebView> {
           gestureRecognizers: widget.gestureRecognizers,
           layoutDirection: Directionality.maybeOf(context) ?? TextDirection.rtl,
           creationParams: <String, dynamic>{
-            'initialUrlRequest': (widget.initialUrlRequest ??
-                    URLRequest(url: Uri.parse("about:blank")))
-                .toMap(),
+            'initialUrlRequest': widget.initialUrlRequest?.toMap(),
             'initialFile': widget.initialFile,
             'initialData': widget.initialData?.toMap(),
             'initialOptions': widget.initialOptions?.toMap() ?? {},
@@ -454,9 +450,7 @@ class _InAppWebViewState extends State<InAppWebView> {
         onPlatformViewCreated: _onPlatformViewCreated,
         gestureRecognizers: widget.gestureRecognizers,
         creationParams: <String, dynamic>{
-          'initialUrlRequest': (widget.initialUrlRequest ??
-                  URLRequest(url: Uri.parse("about:blank")))
-              .toMap(),
+          'initialUrlRequest': widget.initialUrlRequest?.toMap(),
           'initialFile': widget.initialFile,
           'initialData': widget.initialData?.toMap(),
           'initialOptions': widget.initialOptions?.toMap() ?? {},