diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 4c07f9dd2..2ad3084a0 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ commit: indent
 
 # Create a SVN snapshot that people can run update on
 snapshot:
-	svn co svn://libsdl.org/trunk/SDL
+	svn co http://svn.libsdl.org/trunk/SDL
 	mv SDL SDL-1.3
 	(cd SDL-1.3 && ./autogen.sh && rm -rf autom4te.cache)
 	cp SDL-1.3/include/SDL_config.h.default SDL-1.3/include/SDL_config.h