diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9555ddca4085a6..89035729d51468 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "webidl2"]
 	path = webidl2
-	url = git://github.com/darobin/webidl2.js.git
+	url = https://github.com/darobin/webidl2.js.git