diff --git a/dev-python/ssl-fetch/ssl-fetch-9999.ebuild b/dev-python/ssl-fetch/ssl-fetch-9999.ebuild
index 136a479788cb8..c7f7e4129fcaa 100644
--- a/dev-python/ssl-fetch/ssl-fetch-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/ssl-fetch/ssl-fetch-9999.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ inherit distutils-r1 git-r3
 DESCRIPTION="A small convenience library for fetching files securely"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/dol-sen/ssl-fetch"
 SRC_URI=""
-EGIT_REPO_URI="git://github.com/dol-sen/ssl-fetch.git"
+EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/dol-sen/ssl-fetch.git"
 
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"