RestAssured.useRelaxedHTTPSValidation() is ignored on http requests.

We have a web application that enforces SSL connections. So when a request is made to http://example.com:9080/myapp it will automatically be forwarded to https://example.com:9443/myapp. In our testing environments we use a self signed certificate that is generated on the fly and is not easily accessed thus our Rest Assured tests need to just ignore HTTPS Validation. I have observed the following:

Failing test:

	@Test
	public void basicPingTest() {
		RestAssured.authentication = basic("foo", "bar");
		RestAssured.baseURI = "http://example.com:9080/myapp";
		RestAssured.useRelaxedHTTPSValidation();
		given().when().get().then().statusCode(200);
	}

Fails with error:

javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
	at com.exampleTestServiceIT.basicPingTest(TestServiceIT.java:34)
Caused by: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
	at com.example.TestServiceIT.basicPingTest(TestServiceIT.java:34)
Caused by: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target
	at com.example.TestServiceIT.basicPingTest(TestServiceIT.java:34)

Working test:

	@Test
	public void basicPingTest() {
		RestAssured.authentication = basic("foo", "bar");
		RestAssured.baseURI = "https://example.com:9443/myapp";
		RestAssured.useRelaxedHTTPSValidation();
		given().when().get().then().statusCode(200);
	}

It appears that the useRelaxedHTTPSValidation configuration is ignored when the original request is using an http scheme. Is this an oversight in the design?