diff --git a/plugins/SEO/Metric/Alexa.php b/plugins/SEO/Metric/Alexa.php
index 71921138863..bf0b9996594 100644
--- a/plugins/SEO/Metric/Alexa.php
+++ b/plugins/SEO/Metric/Alexa.php
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
  */
 class Alexa implements MetricsProvider
 {
-    const URL = 'http://data.alexa.com/data?cli=10&url=';
-    const LINK = 'http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/';
+    const URL = 'https://data.alexa.com/data?cli=10&url=';
+    const LINK = 'https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/';
 
     /**
      * @var LoggerInterface
diff --git a/plugins/SEO/Metric/Bing.php b/plugins/SEO/Metric/Bing.php
index 0c2892fb93c..e5ced1ad307 100644
--- a/plugins/SEO/Metric/Bing.php
+++ b/plugins/SEO/Metric/Bing.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  */
 class Bing implements MetricsProvider
 {
-    const URL = 'http://www.bing.com/search?setlang=en-US&rdr=1&q=site%3A';
+    const URL = 'https://www.bing.com/search?setlang=en-US&rdr=1&q=site%3A';
 
     /**
      * @var LoggerInterface
diff --git a/plugins/SEO/Metric/DomainAge.php b/plugins/SEO/Metric/DomainAge.php
index c11a222011e..855e0ada677 100644
--- a/plugins/SEO/Metric/DomainAge.php
+++ b/plugins/SEO/Metric/DomainAge.php
@@ -130,12 +130,6 @@ private function getUrl($url)
     {
         try {
             return $this->getHttpResponse($url);
-        } catch (\Exception $e) {
-        }
-
-        $httpUrl = str_replace('https://', 'http://', $url);
-        try {
-            return $this->getHttpResponse($httpUrl);
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
             $this->logger->warning('Error while getting SEO stats (domain age): {message}', array('message' => $e->getMessage()));
             return '';