diff --git a/lib/web/webserver.js b/lib/web/webserver.js
index 34623db2..e9ad8744 100644
--- a/lib/web/webserver.js
+++ b/lib/web/webserver.js
@@ -68,10 +68,6 @@ function redirectHttp(req, res) {
  * Handles a GET request for /r/:channel - serves channel.html
  */
 function handleChannel(req, res) {
-    if (redirectHttp(req, res)) {
-        return;
-    }
-
     if (!$util.isValidChannelName(req.params.channel)) {
         res.status(404);
         res.send("Invalid channel name '" + req.params.channel + "'");
diff --git a/www/js/player.js b/www/js/player.js
index 9992b3ca..ba4fddaf 100644
--- a/www/js/player.js
+++ b/www/js/player.js
@@ -583,12 +583,12 @@ var TwitchTVPlayer = function (data) {
     self.videoId = data.id;
     self.videoLength = data.seconds;
     self.init = function () {
-        var url = "http://www.twitch.tv/widgets/live_embed_player.swf?channel="+self.videoId;
+        var url = "https://www-cdn.jtvnw.net/swflibs/TwitchPlayer.swf?channel="+self.videoId;
         var params = {
             allowFullScreen: "true",
             allowScriptAccess: "always",
             allowNetworking: "all",
-            movie: "http://www.twitch.tv/widgets/live_embed_player.swf",
+            movie: "https://www-cdn.jtvnw.net/swflibs/TwitchPlayer.swf",
             id: "live_embed_player_flash",
             flashvars: "hostname=www.twitch.tv&channel="+self.videoId+"&auto_play=true&start_volume=" + VOLUME
         };
diff --git a/www/js/ui.js b/www/js/ui.js
index 19026ca8..7eea62c1 100644
--- a/www/js/ui.js
+++ b/www/js/ui.js
@@ -520,19 +520,6 @@ if(m) {
     }
 }
 
-if (location.protocol === "https:") {
-    var title = "Warning";
-    var text = "You connected to this page via HTTPS.  Due to browser "+
-               "security policy, certain media players may throw warnings,"+
-               " while others may not work at all due to only being "+
-               "available over plain HTTP.<br>To encrypt your websocket "+
-               "traffic and API calls (logins, account management, etc) "+
-               "while loading this page over plain HTTP, enable the SSL "+
-               "option from the Options menu.";
-    makeAlert(title, text, "alert-warning")
-        .appendTo($("#announcements"));
-}
-
 /* channel ranks stuff */
 function chanrankSubmit(rank) {
     var name = $("#cs-chanranks-name").val();