diff --git a/web_poet/mixins.py b/web_poet/mixins.py
index df2cc70d..7c07845d 100644
--- a/web_poet/mixins.py
+++ b/web_poet/mixins.py
@@ -58,9 +58,8 @@ def selector(self) -> parsel.Selector:
 class UrlShortcutsMixin:
     _cached_base_url = None
 
-    @abc.abstractmethod
     def _url_shortcuts_input(self) -> str:
-        raise NotImplementedError()  # pragma: nocover
+        return self._selector_input()  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
     @property
     def _base_url(self) -> str:
@@ -105,9 +104,6 @@ def html(self):
     def _selector_input(self) -> str:
         return self.html
 
-    def _url_shortcuts_input(self) -> str:
-        return self.html
-
     @property
     def base_url(self) -> str:
         """Return the base url of the given response"""
diff --git a/web_poet/page_inputs/http.py b/web_poet/page_inputs/http.py
index 79004e8f..f3c42bc2 100644
--- a/web_poet/page_inputs/http.py
+++ b/web_poet/page_inputs/http.py
@@ -237,9 +237,6 @@ def text(self) -> str:
     def _selector_input(self) -> str:
         return self.text
 
-    def _url_shortcuts_input(self) -> str:
-        return self.text
-
     @property
     def encoding(self) -> Optional[str]:
         """Encoding of the response"""