// Remove potentially occulting domain/site scopes.
    var scopeKey = this.siteScopeKeyFromURL(url);
    if ( this.removePermanentScopeFromScopeKey(scopeKey) ) {
        changed = true;
    }
    if ( scopeKey.indexOf('https:') === 0 ) {
        scopeKey = 'http:' + scopeKey.slice(6);
        if ( this.removeTemporaryScopeFromScopeKey(scopeKey) ) {
            changed = true;
        }
    }