diff --git a/default.xml b/default.xml
index 12f9ac5..60d96a9 100644
--- a/default.xml
+++ b/default.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
            fetch="https://android.googlesource.com/" />
 
   <remote  name="github"
-           fetch="http://github.com/" />
+           fetch="git://github.com/" />
 
   <default revision="refs/heads/ics"
            remote="github"