diff --git a/examples/libraries/globals.js b/examples/libraries/globals.js
index 1bd851af77..0c382314c9 100644
--- a/examples/libraries/globals.js
+++ b/examples/libraries/globals.js
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 //  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
 //
 
-HIFI_PUBLIC_BUCKET = "https://s3.amazonaws.com/hifi-public/";
+HIFI_PUBLIC_BUCKET = "http://s3.amazonaws.com/hifi-public/";
diff --git a/interface/src/ScriptsModel.cpp b/interface/src/ScriptsModel.cpp
index b95b6ae735..41ce16c229 100644
--- a/interface/src/ScriptsModel.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ScriptsModel.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 #include "ScriptsModel.h"
 
-static const QString S3_URL = "https://s3.amazonaws.com/hifi-public";
+static const QString S3_URL = "http://s3.amazonaws.com/hifi-public";
 static const QString PUBLIC_URL = "http://public.highfidelity.io";
 static const QString MODELS_LOCATION = "scripts/";
 
diff --git a/interface/src/ui/ModelsBrowser.cpp b/interface/src/ui/ModelsBrowser.cpp
index 7a76bc2d7d..a39d9b9a19 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/ModelsBrowser.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/ModelsBrowser.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 const char* MODEL_TYPE_NAMES[] = { "entities", "heads", "skeletons", "attachments" };
 
-static const QString S3_URL = "https://s3.amazonaws.com/hifi-public";
+static const QString S3_URL = "http://s3.amazonaws.com/hifi-public";
 static const QString PUBLIC_URL = "http://public.highfidelity.io";
 static const QString MODELS_LOCATION = "models/";
 
diff --git a/tests/octree/src/ModelTests.cpp b/tests/octree/src/ModelTests.cpp
index f6bef3e533..3666759de4 100644
--- a/tests/octree/src/ModelTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/octree/src/ModelTests.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ void EntityTests::entityTreeTests(bool verbose) {
         properties.setPosition(positionAtCenterInMeters);
         // TODO: Fix these unit tests.
         //properties.setRadius(halfMeter);
-        //properties.setModelURL("https://s3.amazonaws.com/hifi-public/ozan/theater.fbx");
+        //properties.setModelURL("http://s3.amazonaws.com/hifi-public/ozan/theater.fbx");
 
         tree.addEntity(entityID, properties);
         
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ void EntityTests::entityTreeTests(bool verbose) {
             
             // TODO: fix these unit tests
             //properties.setRadius(halfMeter);
-            //properties.setModelURL("https://s3.amazonaws.com/hifi-public/ozan/theater.fbx");
+            //properties.setModelURL("http://s3.amazonaws.com/hifi-public/ozan/theater.fbx");
 
             if (extraVerbose) {
                 qDebug() << "iteration:" << i