diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 6e34fc1..b32380c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "components"]
 	path = IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/components
-	url = git://github.com/ipython/ipython-components.git
+	url = https://github.com/ipython/ipython-components.git