diff --git a/rpi-update b/rpi-update
index d8ee3f8..a3a029a 100755
--- a/rpi-update
+++ b/rpi-update
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ UPDATE_URI="https://github.com/Hexxeh/rpi-update/raw/master/rpi-update"
 ROOT_PATH=${ROOT_PATH:-"/"}
 BOOT_PATH=${BOOT_PATH:-"/boot"}
 SKIP_KERNEL=${SKIP_KERNEL:-0}
-FW_REPO="git://github.com/Hexxeh/rpi-firmware.git"
+FW_REPO="http://github.com/Hexxeh/rpi-firmware.git"
 FW_REPOLOCAL="${ROOT_PATH}/root/.rpi-firmware"
 FW_PATH="${BOOT_PATH}"
 FW_MODPATH="${ROOT_PATH}/lib/modules"