diff --git a/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm b/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
index cf46dbf729..4acf44d050 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ (define-public fontconfig
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append
-                   "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release/fontconfig-"
+                   "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release/fontconfig-"
                    version ".tar.bz2"))
             (sha256 (base32
                      "1psrl4b4gi4wmbvwwh43lk491wsl8lgvqj146prlcha3vwjc0qyp"))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
index e87b4a3b0d..690621dee6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ (define-public xdg-utils
       (origin
         (method url-fetch)
           (uri (string-append
-                 "http://portland.freedesktop.org/download/xdg-utils-"
+                 "https://portland.freedesktop.org/download/xdg-utils-"
                  version ".tgz"))
           (sha256
             (base32
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ (define-public wayland
     (version "1.9.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "http://wayland.freedesktop.org/releases/"
+              (uri (string-append "https://wayland.freedesktop.org/releases/"
                                   name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ (define-public exempi
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append
-                   "http://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/"
+                   "https://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/"
                    name "-" version ".tar.bz2"))
              (sha256
               (base32
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ (define-public udisks
     (version "2.1.6")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "http://udisks.freedesktop.org/releases/"
+              (uri (string-append "https://udisks.freedesktop.org/releases/"
                                   name "-" version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ (define-public telepathy-logger
     (version "0.8.2")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/releases/"
+              (uri (string-append "https://telepathy.freedesktop.org/releases/"
                                   name "/" name "-" version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ (define-public colord-gtk
     (version "0.1.26")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/colord"
+              (uri (string-append "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/colord"
                                   "/releases/" name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
diff --git a/gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm b/gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm
index 818072ac5e..d2eb066817 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ (define-public libspectre
    (version "0.2.7")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
-            (uri (string-append "http://libspectre.freedesktop.org/releases/libspectre-"
+            (uri (string-append "https://libspectre.freedesktop.org/releases/libspectre-"
                                 version ".tar.gz"))
             (sha256 (base32
                      "1v63lqc6bhhxwkpa43qmz8phqs8ci4dhzizyy16d3vkb20m846z8"))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/glib.scm b/gnu/packages/glib.scm
index f8e1541f56..b925704aa0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/glib.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/glib.scm
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ (define dbus-glib
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri
-              (string-append "http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus-glib/dbus-glib-"
+              (string-append "https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus-glib/dbus-glib-"
                              version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ (define telepathy-glib
       (method url-fetch)
        (uri
         (string-append
-         "http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/releases/telepathy-glib/"
+         "https://telepathy.freedesktop.org/releases/telepathy-glib/"
          "telepathy-glib-" version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
         (base32
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index 363d920a03..4efa01c2b4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ (define-public icon-naming-utils
     (source
      (origin
       (method url-fetch)
-      (uri (string-append "http://tango.freedesktop.org/releases/icon-naming-utils-"
+      (uri (string-append "https://tango.freedesktop.org/releases/icon-naming-utils-"
                           version ".tar.bz2"))
       (sha256
        (base32
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ (define-public desktop-file-utils
     (version "0.22")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/" name
+              (uri (string-append "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/" name
                                   "/releases/" name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ (define-public shared-mime-info
     (version "1.2")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
-             (uri (string-append "http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/"
+             (uri (string-append "https://freedesktop.org/~hadess/"
                                  "shared-mime-info-" version ".tar.xz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ (define-public hicolor-icon-theme
     (source
      (origin
       (method url-fetch)
-      (uri (string-append "http://icon-theme.freedesktop.org/releases/"
+      (uri (string-append "https://icon-theme.freedesktop.org/releases/"
                           "hicolor-icon-theme-" version ".tar.gz"))
       (sha256
        (base32
@@ -2261,7 +2261,7 @@ (define-public colord
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (string-append "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/colord/releases/"
+       (uri (string-append "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/colord/releases/"
                            name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
        (sha256
         (base32
@@ -2325,7 +2325,7 @@ (define-public geoclue
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (string-append "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/" name
+       (uri (string-append "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/" name
                            "/releases/" (version-major+minor version) "/"
                            name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
        (sha256
@@ -2405,7 +2405,7 @@ (define-public upower
     (version "0.99.3")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "http://upower.freedesktop.org/releases/"
+              (uri (string-append "https://upower.freedesktop.org/releases/"
                                   name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm b/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm
index 1235b3185a..f1dbc46fcc 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ (define-public orc
     (version "0.4.24")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/src/"
+              (uri (string-append "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/src/"
                                   "orc/orc-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ (define-public gstreamer
      (origin
       (method url-fetch)
       (uri (string-append
-            "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gstreamer/gstreamer-"
+            "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gstreamer/gstreamer-"
             version ".tar.xz"))
       (sha256
        (base32
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ (define-public gstreamer
      (list (search-path-specification
             (variable "GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH")
             (files '("lib/gstreamer-1.0")))))
-    (home-page "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/")
+    (home-page "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/")
     (synopsis "Multimedia library")
     (description
      "GStreamer is a library for constructing graphs of media-handling
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ (define-public gst-plugins-good
      (origin
       (method url-fetch)
       (uri (string-append
-            "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins-good/gst-plugins-good-"
+            "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins-good/gst-plugins-good-"
             version ".tar.xz"))
       (sha256
        (base32
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ (define-public gst-plugins-ugly
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (string-append "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/"
+       (uri (string-append "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/"
                            name "/" name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
        (sha256
         (base32
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ (define-public gst-libav
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append
-                    "http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/" name "/"
+                    "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/" name "/"
                     name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
index 6e2a67d25c..a234b8990f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ (define-public harfbuzz
    (version "1.0.6")
    (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
-             (uri (string-append "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/"
+             (uri (string-append "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/"
                                  "harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-"
                                  version ".tar.bz2"))
              (sha256
diff --git a/gnu/packages/libcanberra.scm b/gnu/packages/libcanberra.scm
index 50c0f80eed..bfa7715160 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/libcanberra.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/libcanberra.scm
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ (define-public sound-theme-freedesktop
     (version "0.8")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "http://people.freedesktop.org/~mccann/dist/"
+              (uri (string-append "https://people.freedesktop.org/~mccann/dist/"
                                   name "-" version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
diff --git a/gnu/packages/pdf.scm b/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
index 4b30bf09d5..a99fdd70ae 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ (define-public poppler
    (version "0.37.0")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
-            (uri (string-append "http://poppler.freedesktop.org/poppler-"
+            (uri (string-append "https://poppler.freedesktop.org/poppler-"
                                 version ".tar.xz"))
             (sha256 (base32
                      "1vjvd0md8y37hlq3lsj0l01a3v3mzm572rzpn1311frvmrg9r7xq"))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/polkit.scm b/gnu/packages/polkit.scm
index 8f0829139d..0a4f70f734 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/polkit.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/polkit.scm
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ (define-public polkit
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append
-                   "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/releases/"
+                   "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/polkit/releases/"
                    name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
diff --git a/gnu/packages/pulseaudio.scm b/gnu/packages/pulseaudio.scm
index 3328811277..148ad1ba5e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/pulseaudio.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/pulseaudio.scm
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ (define pulseaudio
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append
-                   "http://freedesktop.org/software/pulseaudio/releases/pulseaudio-"
+                   "https://freedesktop.org/software/pulseaudio/releases/pulseaudio-"
                    version ".tar.xz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ (define-public pavucontrol
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append
-                   "http://freedesktop.org/software/pulseaudio/pavucontrol/pavucontrol-"
+                   "https://freedesktop.org/software/pulseaudio/pavucontrol/pavucontrol-"
                    version
                    ".tar.xz"))
              (sha256
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index fc946f91e1..abbb50b649 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -4396,7 +4396,7 @@ (define-public python-dbus
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (string-append
-             "http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus-python/dbus-python-"
+             "https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus-python/dbus-python-"
              version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
         (base32 "1py62qir966lvdkngg0v8k1khsqxwk5m4s8nflpk1agk5f5nqb71"))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/tls.scm b/gnu/packages/tls.scm
index 3aca5f309f..0f6a0b5877 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tls.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tls.scm
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ (define-public p11-kit
     (source
      (origin
       (method url-fetch)
-      (uri (string-append "http://p11-glue.freedesktop.org/releases/p11-kit-"
+      (uri (string-append "https://p11-glue.freedesktop.org/releases/p11-kit-"
                           version ".tar.gz"))
       (sha256
        (base32
diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 098b05fa70..f18601e63f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ (define-public libva
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (string-append
-             "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/vaapi/releases/libva/libva-"
+             "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/vaapi/releases/libva/libva-"
              version".tar.bz2"))
        (sha256
         (base32 "0bjfb5s8dk3lql843l91ffxzlq47isqks5sj19cxh7j3nhzw58kz"))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm
index c182cc68c8..46fccfebbe 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ (define-public libdrm
       (origin
         (method url-fetch)
         (uri (string-append
-               "http://dri.freedesktop.org/libdrm/libdrm-"
+               "https://dri.freedesktop.org/libdrm/libdrm-"
                version
                ".tar.bz2"))
         (sha256
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ (define-public startup-notification
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (string-append "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/" name
+       (uri (string-append "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/" name
                            "/releases/" name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
         (base32
diff --git a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
index 82a5d994d2..42010a1df6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
@@ -2333,7 +2333,7 @@ (define-public libevdev
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (string-append "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/" name "/"
+       (uri (string-append "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/" name "/"
                            name "-" version ".tar.xz"))
        (sha256
         (base32
@@ -5158,7 +5158,7 @@ (define-public xcb-util-cursor
     (version "0.1.2")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "http://xcb.freedesktop.org/dist/"
+              (uri (string-append "https://xcb.freedesktop.org/dist/"
                                   "xcb-util-cursor-" version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32