diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5286905469d..ffc4738a547 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "submodules/mplexporter"]
 	path = submodules/mplexporter
-	url = git@github.com:mpld3/mplexporter.git
+	url = git://github.com/mpld3/mplexporter.git
 [submodule "submodules/chunked_requests"]
 	path = submodules/chunked_requests
-	url = git@github.com:chriddyp/chunked_requests.git
+	url = git://github.com/chriddyp/chunked_requests.git