diff --git a/twemoji.js b/twemoji.js
index 83dce19e..93657bf9 100644
--- a/twemoji.js
+++ b/twemoji.js
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ var twemoji = (function (
     /////////////////////////
 
       // default assets url, by default will be Twitter Inc. CDN
-      base: (location.protocol === 'https:' ? 'https:' : 'http:') +
-            '//twemoji.maxcdn.com/',
+      base: 'https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/',
 
       // default assets file extensions, by default '.png'
       ext: '.png',
@@ -587,4 +586,4 @@ var twemoji = (function (
     return r.join(sep || '-');
   }
 
-}());
\ No newline at end of file
+}());