diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMTSCapabilities.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMTSCapabilities.js
index fb2ddd1429..8efce532b2 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMTSCapabilities.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMTSCapabilities.js
@@ -191,16 +191,14 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WMTSCapabilities = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML.Vers
         else {
             var httpGet = capabilities.operationsMetadata.GetTile.dcp.http.get;
             url = [];
+            var constraint;
             for (var i = 0, ii = httpGet.length; i < ii; i++) {
-                if (httpGet[i].constraints && httpGet[i].constraints.
-                        GetEncoding.allowedValues[requestEncoding]) {
+                cnstraint = httpGet[i].constraints;
+                if (!constraint || (constraint && constraint.
+                        GetEncoding.allowedValues[requestEncoding])) {
                     url.push(httpGet[i].url);
                 }
             }
-            // fallback for backwards compatibility
-            if (url.length === 0) {
-                url = httpGet[0].url;
-            }
         }
         
         return new OpenLayers.Layer.WMTS(