diff --git a/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/GitHubDriver.php b/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/GitHubDriver.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100755
--- a/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/GitHubDriver.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/GitHubDriver.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class GitHubDriver extends VcsDriver
             return $this->gitDriver->getUrl();
         }
 
-        return $this->url;
+        return 'https://github.com/'.$this->owner.'/'.$this->repository.'.git';
     }
 
     /**
Normalize github URLs generated by the GitHubDriver, fixes #<I>