diff --git a/meta/classes/mirrors.bbclass b/meta/classes/mirrors.bbclass
index 1174ef6823..9c83463b63 100644
--- a/meta/classes/mirrors.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/mirrors.bbclass
@@ -2,23 +2,23 @@ MIRRORS += "\
 ${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian-archive/20120328T092752Z/debian/pool \n \
 ${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian-archive/20110127T084257Z/debian/pool \n \
 ${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian-archive/20090802T004153Z/debian/pool \n \
-${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
-${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	ftp://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
-${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	ftp://ftp.cl.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
-${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	ftp://ftp.hr.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
-${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	ftp://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
-${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	ftp://ftp.hk.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
-${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	ftp://ftp.hu.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
-${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	ftp://ftp.ie.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
-${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	ftp://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
-${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	ftp://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
-${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	ftp://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
-${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
-${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	ftp://ftp.ro.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
-${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	ftp://ftp.si.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
-${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	ftp://ftp.es.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
-${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	ftp://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
-${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	ftp://ftp.tr.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
+${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
+${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
+${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	http://ftp.cl.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
+${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	http://ftp.hr.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
+${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
+${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	http://ftp.hk.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
+${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	http://ftp.hu.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
+${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	http://ftp.ie.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
+${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
+${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	http://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
+${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	http://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
+${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	http://ftp.pl.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
+${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	http://ftp.ro.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
+${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	http://ftp.si.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
+${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	http://ftp.es.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
+${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
+${DEBIAN_MIRROR}	http://ftp.tr.debian.org/debian/pool \n \
 ${GNU_MIRROR}	ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu \n \
 ${KERNELORG_MIRROR}	http://www.kernel.org/pub \n \
 ${GNUPG_MIRROR}	ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt \n \
diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 2dd2bb1640..8e4f4bbb56 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ BBLAYERS_FETCH_DIR ??= "${COREBASE}"
 ##################################################################
 
 APACHE_MIRROR = "http://archive.apache.org/dist"
-DEBIAN_MIRROR = "ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool"
+DEBIAN_MIRROR = "http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool"
 GENTOO_MIRROR = "http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles"
 GNOME_GIT = "git://git.gnome.org"
 GNOME_MIRROR = "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources"
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ SRC_URI[vardepsexclude] += "\
 "
 
 # You can use the mirror of your country to get faster downloads by putting
-#  export DEBIAN_MIRROR = "ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool"
+#  export DEBIAN_MIRROR = "http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool"
 #     into your local.conf
 
 FETCHCMD_svn = "/usr/bin/env svn --non-interactive --trust-server-cert"