diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c4dffee..bbd46c0 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "backend/deps/http-parser"]
 	path = backend/deps/http-parser
-	url = https://github.com/joyent/http-parser
+	url = git://github.com/joyent/http-parser