diff --git a/doc/gh-pages.py b/doc/gh-pages.py
index 75c8d9e3..7bcf802c 100755
--- a/doc/gh-pages.py
+++ b/doc/gh-pages.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, CalledProcessError, check_call
 pages_dir = 'gh-pages'
 html_dir = 'build/html'
 pdf_dir = 'build/latex'
-pages_repo = 'git@github.com:scikit-image/docs.git'
+pages_repo = 'https://github.com/scikit-image/docs.git'
 
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 # Functions