diff --git a/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/Resolver.scala b/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/Resolver.scala
index b9b715d0c..74404960a 100644
--- a/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/Resolver.scala
+++ b/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/Resolver.scala
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package sbt
 import java.io.File
 import java.net.URL
 import scala.xml.NodeSeq
-import org.apache.ivy.plugins.resolver.{ DependencyResolver, IBiblioResolver }
+import org.apache.ivy.plugins.resolver.DependencyResolver
 
 sealed trait Resolver {
   def name: String
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ final case class SftpRepository(name: String, connection: SshConnection, pattern
 
 import Resolver._
 
-object DefaultMavenRepository extends MavenRepository("public", IBiblioResolver.DEFAULT_M2_ROOT)
+object DefaultMavenRepository extends MavenRepository("public", DefaultMavenRepositoryRoot)
 object JavaNet2Repository extends MavenRepository(JavaNet2RepositoryName, JavaNet2RepositoryRoot)
 object JavaNet1Repository extends JavaNet1Repository
 sealed trait JavaNet1Repository extends Resolver {
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ object Resolver {
   val TypesafeRepositoryRoot = "http://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe"
   val SbtPluginRepositoryRoot = "http://repo.scala-sbt.org/scalasbt"
   val SonatypeRepositoryRoot = "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories"
+  val DefaultMavenRepositoryRoot = "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/"
 
   // obsolete: kept only for launcher compatibility
   private[sbt] val ScalaToolsReleasesName = "Sonatype OSS Releases"
diff --git a/src/sphinx/Detailed-Topics/Resolvers.rst b/src/sphinx/Detailed-Topics/Resolvers.rst
index 66f5132e9..38165b230 100644
--- a/src/sphinx/Detailed-Topics/Resolvers.rst
+++ b/src/sphinx/Detailed-Topics/Resolvers.rst
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Predefined
 A few predefined repositories are available and are listed below
 
 -  `DefaultMavenRepository` This is the main Maven repository at
-   http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/ and is included by default
+   https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/ and is included by default
 -  `JavaNet1Repository` This is the Maven 1 repository at
    http://download.java.net/maven/1/