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 private URL findRemoteHost() throws MalformedURLException {
    // new param after 2.9
    String url = (String) config.get(REMOTE_HOST);
    
    if(url!=null){
     return new URL(url);
    }else {
      // could be a pre 2.9 node
      url = (String) config.get("url");
      if (url == null){
        return null;
      }else {
        // was a legacy RC node. Needs to set that on the capabilities, as webdriver is the default.
        if (url.contains("selenium-server/driver")){
          List<DesiredCapabilities> capabilities = request.getCapabilities();

          for (DesiredCapabilities capability : capabilities) {
            capability.setCapability(SELENIUM_PROTOCOL, SeleniumProtocol.Selenium);
          }
        }
        URL tmp = new URL(url);
        return new URL("http://"+tmp.getHost()+":"+tmp.getPort());
      }
    }
  }