diff --git a/tools/urls-https.sh b/tools/urls-https.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# this replaces http:// urls with https:// urls on all sites that default to
-# https, or support it well.  This is important even for downloads that are
-# verified using a hash sum or signature because it both provides an
-# alternate, backup method of verifying the download, but also greatly reduces
-# meta data leaks.
-
-for f in metadata/*.txt; do
-	# this shows progress based on 1st letter of package name
-	printf `echo $f | cut -b10`
-	sed -i -e 's,http://dl.google.com,https://dl.google.com,g' \
-		-e 's,http://pypi,https://pypi,g' \
-		-e 's,http://code.google.com,https://code.google.com,g' \
-		-e 's,http://github.com,https://github.com,g' \
-		-e 's,git://github.com,https://github.com,g' \
-		-e 's,http://\([^.]*\).googlecode.com/svn,https://\1.googlecode.com/svn,g' \
-		-e 's,http://svn.apache.org/repos,https://svn.apache.org/repos,g' \
-		-e 's,http://svn.code.sf.net,https://svn.code.sf.net,g' \
-		-e 's,svn://svn.code.sf.net,https://svn.code.sf.net,g' \
-		-e 's,http://gitorious.org,https://gitorious.org,g' \
-		-e 's,git://gitorious.org,https://gitorious.org,g' $f
-done
-echo