diff --git a/includes/themes/media_youtube.theme.inc b/includes/themes/media_youtube.theme.inc
index 5f80cb2..616472a 100644
--- a/includes/themes/media_youtube.theme.inc
+++ b/includes/themes/media_youtube.theme.inc
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ function media_youtube_preprocess_media_youtube_video(&$variables) {
   // Use https as default protocol instead of relative protocol to maintain
   // compatibility with content emails, rss, and https sites.
   // @see http://drupal.org/node/1368818
-  $variables['url'] = url('https://www.' . $url_base . '/embed/' . $variables['video_id'], array('query' => $query, 'external' => TRUE, 'https' => TRUE));
+  $variables['url'] = url('//www.' . $url_base . '/embed/' . $variables['video_id'], array('query' => $query, 'external' => TRUE));
 }
 
 /**