diff --git a/src/nimble.nim b/src/nimble.nim
index 6680f63..2e604ac 100644
--- a/src/nimble.nim
+++ b/src/nimble.nim
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ proc downloadPkg(url: string, verRange: VersionRange,
   # Fixes issue #204
   # github + https + trailing url slash causes a
   # checkout/ls-remote to fail with Repository not found
-  if modUrl.contains("https://github.com") and modUrl.endswith("/"):
+  if modUrl.contains("github.com") and modUrl.endswith("/"):
     modUrl = modUrl[0 .. ^2]
 
   echo("Downloading ", modUrl, " into ", downloadDir, " using ",