diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4ab07b3550..0261f87b46 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ installation process.
    Providers.  You should use VirtualBox >= 4.2.12.
    (Windows: later/earlier VirtualBox versions than 4.2.12 have been reported to not work well with
    Vagrant.  If this is still a problem, you can
-   install 4.2.12 from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds_4_2).
+   install 4.2.12 from http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.12/).
 4. Install Vagrant: http://www.vagrantup.com/ (Vagrant 1.2.2 or later)
 5. Open a terminal
-6. Download the project: `git clone git://github.com/edx/edx-platform.git`
+6. Download the project: `git clone https://github.com/edx/edx-platform.git`
 7. Enter the project directory: `cd edx-platform/`
 8. (Windows only) Run the commands to
    [deal with line endings and symlinks under Windows](https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/wiki/Simplified-install-with-vagrant#dealing-with-line-endings-and-symlinks-under-windows)
diff --git a/requirements/edx/github.txt b/requirements/edx/github.txt
index 79e3af89a1..97bc325d35 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/github.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/github.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Python libraries to install directly from github
 
 # Third-party:
--e git://github.com/edx/django-staticfiles.git@6d2504e5c8#egg=django-staticfiles
--e git://github.com/edx/django-pipeline.git#egg=django-pipeline
--e git://github.com/edx/django-wiki.git@41815e2ef1b0323f92900f8e60711b0f0c37766b#egg=django-wiki
--e git://github.com/dementrock/pystache_custom.git@776973740bdaad83a3b029f96e415a7d1e8bec2f#egg=pystache_custom-dev
--e git://github.com/eventbrite/zendesk.git@d53fe0e81b623f084e91776bcf6369f8b7b63879#egg=zendesk
+-e git+https://github.com/edx/django-staticfiles.git@6d2504e5c8#egg=django-staticfiles
+-e git+https://github.com/edx/django-pipeline.git#egg=django-pipeline
+-e git+https://github.com/edx/django-wiki.git@41815e2ef1b0323f92900f8e60711b0f0c37766b#egg=django-wiki
+-e git+https://github.com/dementrock/pystache_custom.git@776973740bdaad83a3b029f96e415a7d1e8bec2f#egg=pystache_custom-dev
+-e git+https://github.com/eventbrite/zendesk.git@d53fe0e81b623f084e91776bcf6369f8b7b63879#egg=zendesk
 
 # Our libraries:
 -e git+https://github.com/edx/XBlock.git@b697bebd45deebd0f868613fab6722a0460ca0c1#egg=XBlock