diff --git a/test/common/config/pkgdep/git b/test/common/config/pkgdep/git
index 34be9669b..3626f3441 100644
--- a/test/common/config/pkgdep/git
+++ b/test/common/config/pkgdep/git
@@ -281,10 +281,6 @@ function _install_qemu() {
 	fi
 	opt_params+=("--extra-cflags=${extra_cflags[*]}")
 
-	sed -i s@git://git.qemu.org/@https://github.com/qemu/@g "$GIT_REPOS/qemu/$branch/.gitmodules"
-	sed -i s@git://git.qemu.org/@https://github.com/qemu/@g "$GIT_REPOS/qemu/$branch/.git/config"
-	sed -i s@git://git.qemu-project.org/@https://github.com/qemu/@g "$GIT_REPOS/qemu/$branch/.gitmodules"
-	sed -i s@git://git.qemu-project.org/@https://github.com/qemu/@g "$GIT_REPOS/qemu/$branch/.git/config"
 	# The qemu configure script places several output files in the CWD.
 	(cd "$GIT_REPOS/qemu/$branch" && ./configure "${opt_params[@]}" --target-list="x86_64-softmmu" --enable-kvm --enable-linux-aio --enable-numa)