diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3dffd6f2..3588412a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ git:
 
 before_install:
   # configure a headless display
-  - git config --global url."https://".insteadOf git://
-  - git clone --depth 1 git://github.com/pyvista/gl-ci-helpers.git
+  - git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pyvista/gl-ci-helpers.git
   - source ./gl-ci-helpers/travis/setup_headless_display.sh
 
 install: