diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 608d66e20..abf3f335d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
         android:supportsRtl="true"
         android:theme="@style/Theme.Amethyst"
         android:largeHeap="true"
+        android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"
         tools:targetApi="31">
         <activity
             android:label="Amethyst"
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/User.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/User.kt
index 37ab1e984..f4049aa8d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/User.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/model/User.kt
@@ -174,13 +174,6 @@ class User(val pubkeyHex: String) {
         info = newUserInfo
         updatedMetadataAt = updateAt
 
-        if (info.picture?.startsWith( "http://") == true) {
-            info.picture = info.picture?.replaceFirst("http://", "https://")
-        }
-
-        if (info.banner?.startsWith( "http://") == true) {
-            info.banner = info.banner?.replaceFirst("http://", "https://")
-        }
 
         invalidateData()
     }