diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixui/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixui/default.nix
index 061e5a56f4a9..47518a3ead01 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixui/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixui/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ let
   nixui = (import ./nixui.nix {
     inherit pkgs;
     inherit (stdenv.hostPlatform) system;
-  })."nixui-git://github.com/matejc/nixui.git#0.2.1";
+  })."nixui-git+https://github.com/matejc/nixui.git#0.2.1";
   script = writeScript "nixui" ''
     #! ${stdenv.shell}
     export PATH="${nix}/bin:\$PATH"
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixui/node-packages.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixui/node-packages.nix
index 0b6857cf716a..89362dbec092 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixui/node-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixui/node-packages.nix
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ let
   };
 in
 {
-  "nixui-git://github.com/matejc/nixui.git#0.2.1" = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
+  "nixui-git+https://github.com/matejc/nixui.git#0.2.1" = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
     name = "nixui";
     packageName = "nixui";
     version = "0.2.1";
     src = fetchgit {
-      url = "git://github.com/matejc/nixui.git";
+      url = "https://github.com/matejc/nixui.git";
       rev = "845a5f4a33f1d0c509c727c130d0792a5b450a38";
       sha256 = "2a2b1dcd9201e306242688c6c86f520ac47ef5de841ae0d7ea6ae8ff2889c3ab";
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixui/pkg.json b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixui/pkg.json
index 551df4f1b1c9..39aceb5b0e1f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixui/pkg.json
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nixui/pkg.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [
-  { "nixui": "git://github.com/matejc/nixui.git#0.2.1" }
+  { "nixui": "git+https://github.com/matejc/nixui.git#0.2.1" }
 ]