diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/nodepool/scripts/cache_git_repos.py b/modules/openstack_project/files/nodepool/scripts/cache_git_repos.py
index 6b5bba6cbc..da27f0a791 100755
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/nodepool/scripts/cache_git_repos.py
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/nodepool/scripts/cache_git_repos.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def main():
         # YAML module which is not in the stdlib.
         m = PROJECT_RE.match(line)
         if m:
-            project = 'https://git.openstack.org/%s' % m.group(1)
+            project = 'git://git.openstack.org/%s' % m.group(1)
             print run_local(['git', 'clone', project, m.group(1)],
                             cwd='/opt/git')
 
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/nodepool/scripts/prepare_node.sh b/modules/openstack_project/files/nodepool/scripts/prepare_node.sh
index 75c70167d8..9e092acfbb 100755
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/nodepool/scripts/prepare_node.sh
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/nodepool/scripts/prepare_node.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PYPY=${5:-false}
 sudo hostname $HOSTNAME
 wget https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack-infra/config/plain/install_puppet.sh
 sudo bash -xe install_puppet.sh
-sudo git clone https://review.openstack.org/p/openstack-infra/config.git \
+sudo git clone git://review.openstack.org/p/openstack-infra/config.git \
     /root/config
 sudo /bin/bash /root/config/install_modules.sh
 if [ -z "$NODEPOOL_SSH_KEY" ] ; then