diff --git a/classes/lxqt.bbclass b/classes/lxqt.bbclass
index f2f06ae9..f2318aa5 100644
--- a/classes/lxqt.bbclass
+++ b/classes/lxqt.bbclass
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://lxqt.org/"
 
 DEPENDS += "lxqt-build-tools qtbase qttools-native"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/lxqt/${BPN}.git;protocol=git;branch=master"
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/lxqt/${BPN}.git;branch=master"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"