diff --git a/media-plugins/kodi-vfs-sftp/kodi-vfs-sftp-9999.ebuild b/media-plugins/kodi-vfs-sftp/kodi-vfs-sftp-9999.ebuild
index 19fd12dde68b0..4bb7e369a9783 100644
--- a/media-plugins/kodi-vfs-sftp/kodi-vfs-sftp-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-plugins/kodi-vfs-sftp/kodi-vfs-sftp-9999.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SRC_URI=""
 case ${PV} in
 9999)
 	SRC_URI=""
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="git://github.com/xbmc/vfs.sftp.git"
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/xbmc/vfs.sftp.git"
 	inherit git-r3
 	;;
 *)