diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_build_deb/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_build_deb/Dockerfile
index 6cba74e4c63eb2e4277beb1c4527f80d25c029f5..24ffc7379cfcdab36d33d24b4af44d3e25366421 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_build_deb/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_build_deb/Dockerfile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ FROM grpc/base
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y lintian
 
 # Get the source from GitHub
-RUN git clone git@github.com:grpc/grpc.git /var/local/git/grpc
+RUN git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git /var/local/git/grpc
 RUN cd /var/local/git/grpc && \
   git pull --recurse-submodules && \
   git submodule update --init --recursive
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_cxx/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_cxx/Dockerfile
index 18c67324964dafb95ad7b00e4936cc80fcd3c6d0..ac09e25e404329d4af260233be1a56f4061eae8c 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_cxx/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_cxx/Dockerfile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ FROM grpc/base
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install libgflags-dev libgtest-dev
 
 # Get the source from GitHub
-RUN git clone git@github.com:grpc/grpc.git /var/local/git/grpc
+RUN git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git /var/local/git/grpc
 RUN cd /var/local/git/grpc && \
   git pull --recurse-submodules && \
   git submodule update --init --recursive
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_go/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_go/Dockerfile
index e1671eaee1435cd7c44d682cf4a77747e231f903..06bb3e2d5e774724bb95ba7d5badff92117f6b61 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_go/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_go/Dockerfile
@@ -30,21 +30,6 @@
 # Dockerfile for gRPC Go
 FROM golang:1.4
 
-# Install SSH to that Go source can be pulled securely.
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ssh
-
-# Install a GitHub SSH service credential that gives access to the GitHub repo while it's private
-#
-# TODO: remove this once the repo is public
-ADD .ssh .ssh
-RUN chmod 600 /.ssh/github.rsa
-RUN mkdir -p $HOME/.ssh && echo 'Host github.com' > $HOME/.ssh/config
-RUN echo "    IdentityFile /.ssh/github.rsa" >> $HOME/.ssh/config
-RUN echo 'StrictHostKeyChecking no' >> $HOME/.ssh/config
-
-# Force go get to use the GitHub ssh url instead of https, and use the SSH creds
-RUN git config --global url."git@github.com:".insteadOf "https://github.com/"
-
 # Get the source from GitHub
 RUN go get google.golang.org/grpc
 
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_java/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_java/Dockerfile
index affbec9b20f59f2592b390c6e2488024656480f0..6b2612b9b2971909ec9f64422d92c6b96cffb57d 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_java/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_java/Dockerfile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 # Dockerfile for the gRPC Java dev image
 FROM grpc/java_base
 
-RUN git clone --recursive --depth 1 git@github.com:grpc/grpc-java.git /var/local/git/grpc-java
+RUN git clone --recursive --depth 1 https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java.git /var/local/git/grpc-java
 RUN cd /var/local/git/grpc-java/lib/netty && \
   mvn -pl codec-http2 -am -DskipTests install clean
 RUN cd /var/local/git/grpc-java && \
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_java_base/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_java_base/Dockerfile
index 3eebc2bb93f200335b14ff96f805621034a90a0a..2ee0a623c7da5ba913f4968f314cf7273a4adaf8 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_java_base/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_java_base/Dockerfile
@@ -61,15 +61,9 @@ RUN wget -O - https://github.com/google/protobuf/archive/v3.0.0-alpha-2.tar.gz |
   cd javanano && mvn install && cd .. && \
   rm -r "$(pwd)"
 
-# Install a GitHub SSH service credential that gives access to the GitHub repo while it's private
-# TODO: remove this once the repo is public
-COPY .ssh/github.rsa /root/.ssh/id_rsa
-RUN chmod 600 /root/.ssh/id_rsa
-RUN echo 'Host github.com\nStrictHostKeyChecking no' > /root/.ssh/config
-
 # Trigger download of as many Maven and Gradle artifacts as possible. We don't build grpc-java
 # because we don't want to install netty
-RUN git clone --recursive --depth 1 git@github.com:grpc/grpc-java.git && \
+RUN git clone --recursive --depth 1 https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java.git && \
   cd grpc-java/lib/netty && \
   mvn -pl codec-http2 -am -DskipTests verify && \
   cd ../.. && \
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_node_base/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_node_base/Dockerfile
index 20ed4cf7be2f57012a28d7c2dcc1b3bafda74e67..1f3a2362e9950eb4671c10d6b60a57a5d8af12f1 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_node_base/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_node_base/Dockerfile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y nodejs nodejs-legacy
 RUN npm install -g node-gyp
 
 # Get the source from GitHub, this gets the protobuf library as well
-RUN git clone git@github.com:grpc/grpc.git /var/local/git/grpc
+RUN git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git /var/local/git/grpc
 RUN cd /var/local/git/grpc && \
   git pull --recurse-submodules && \
   git submodule update --init --recursive
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_php_base/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_php_base/Dockerfile
index 49f5da846d763182584dcd611e6e881210d28d91..cc874fd7c55b308bb9bc69020e85468a0d50652b 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_php_base/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_php_base/Dockerfile
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ RUN cd /var/local \
 
 # Download the patched PHP protobuf so that PHP gRPC clients can be generated
 # from proto3 schemas.
-RUN git clone git@github.com:murgatroid99/Protobuf-PHP.git /var/local/git/protobuf-php
+RUN git clone https://github.com/murgatroid99/Protobuf-PHP.git /var/local/git/protobuf-php
 
 # Install ruby (via RVM) as ruby tools are dependencies for building Protobuf
 # PHP extensions.
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ ENV PATH /usr/local/rvm/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/s
 RUN rvm all do gem install ronn rake
 
 # Get the source from GitHub, this gets the protobuf library as well
-RUN git clone git@github.com:grpc/grpc.git /var/local/git/grpc
+RUN git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git /var/local/git/grpc
 RUN cd /var/local/git/grpc && \
   git pull --recurse-submodules && \
   git submodule update --init --recursive
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_python_base/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_python_base/Dockerfile
index 18dd40a05a3fbbc08f6bcfb7e9047ded0ad94c4d..0d45f4024297d36de1f89715ec7f51f5aa490831 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_python_base/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_python_base/Dockerfile
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
 RUN pip install futures==2.2.0 enum34==1.0.4 protobuf==3.0.0-alpha-1
 
 # Get the GRPC source from GitHub
-RUN git clone --recursive git@github.com:grpc/grpc.git /var/local/git/grpc
+RUN git clone --recursive https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git /var/local/git/grpc
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_ruby_base/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_ruby_base/Dockerfile
index f3c7289943d5285e59cd69be81b1f1bfb683e888..d58eeaaf7092506574a2cd969f379e7ae892e589 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_ruby_base/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_ruby_base/Dockerfile
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ RUN /bin/bash -l -c "echo 'rvm --default use ruby-2.1' >> ~/.bashrc"
 RUN /bin/bash -l -c "gem install bundler --no-ri --no-rdoc"
 
 # Get the source from GitHub
-RUN git clone git@github.com:grpc/grpc.git /var/local/git/grpc
+RUN git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git /var/local/git/grpc
 RUN cd /var/local/git/grpc && \
   git pull --recurse-submodules && \
   git submodule update --init --recursive