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@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ jq
 jq is a command-line JSON processor.
 
 If you want to learn to use jq, read the documentation at
-[https://stedolan.github.com/jq](https://stedolan.github.com/jq). This
+[http://stedolan.github.com/jq](http://stedolan.github.com/jq). This
 documentation is generated from the docs/ folder of this repository.
 
 If you want to hack on jq, feel free, but be warned that its internals
 are not well-documented at the moment. Bring a hard hat and a shovel.
 
 You can find some basic build instructions at
-[https://stedolan.github.com/jq/download](https://stedolan.github.com/jq/download)
+[http://stedolan.github.com/jq/download](http://stedolan.github.com/jq/download)