diff --git a/gradle/reprod/patches/forgegradle/0001-Replace-https-urls-with-http-for-proxy-witness.patch b/gradle/reprod/patches/forgegradle/0001-Replace-https-urls-with-http-for-proxy-witness.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4f77ab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/reprod/patches/forgegradle/0001-Replace-https-urls-with-http-for-proxy-witness.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+From 7127699cb761a518cce8872b0b78694e357f21fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jonas Herzig <me@johni0702.de>
+Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 17:50:38 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Replace https urls with http for proxy-witness
+
+---
+ .../java/net/minecraftforge/gradle/common/BasePlugin.java   | 13 ++++++++++---
+ .../java/net/minecraftforge/gradle/common/Constants.java    |  4 ++--
+ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/gradle/common/BasePlugin.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/gradle/common/BasePlugin.java
+index df369f1..e3e50c0 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/gradle/common/BasePlugin.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/gradle/common/BasePlugin.java
+@@ -393,6 +393,13 @@ public abstract class BasePlugin<K extends BaseExtension> implements Plugin<Proj
+         deps.add(CONFIG_FFI_DEPS, deps.localGroovy());
+     }
+ 
++    private static String http(String url) {
++        if (url.startsWith("https://")) {
++            url = "http" + url.substring("https".length());
++        }
++        return url;
++    }
++
+     @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+     private void makeCommonTasks()
+     {
+@@ -402,7 +409,7 @@ public abstract class BasePlugin<K extends BaseExtension> implements Plugin<Proj
+                 @Override
+                 public String call()
+                 {
+-                    return mcManifest.get(getExtension().getVersion()).url;
++                    return http(mcManifest.get(getExtension().getVersion()).url);
+                 }
+             });
+             getVersionJson.setFile(delayedFile(JSON_VERSION));
+@@ -486,7 +493,7 @@ public abstract class BasePlugin<K extends BaseExtension> implements Plugin<Proj
+                 @Override
+                 public String call()
+                 {
+-                    return mcVersionJson.getClientUrl();
++                    return http(mcVersionJson.getClientUrl());
+                 }
+             });
+ 
+@@ -500,7 +507,7 @@ public abstract class BasePlugin<K extends BaseExtension> implements Plugin<Proj
+                 @Override
+                 public String call()
+                 {
+-                    return mcVersionJson.getServerUrl();
++                    return http(mcVersionJson.getServerUrl());
+                 }
+             });
+ 
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/gradle/common/Constants.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/gradle/common/Constants.java
+index b42b1c2..a0753e0 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/gradle/common/Constants.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/gradle/common/Constants.java
+@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ public class Constants
+ 
+ 
+     // urls
+-    public static final String URL_MC_MANIFEST     = "https://launchermeta.mojang.com/mc/game/version_manifest.json";
++    public static final String URL_MC_MANIFEST     = "http://launchermeta.mojang.com/mc/game/version_manifest.json";
+     public static final String URL_FF              = "http://files.minecraftforge.net/fernflower-fix-1.0.zip";
+     public static final String URL_ASSETS          = "http://resources.download.minecraft.net";
+-    public static final String URL_LIBRARY         = "https://libraries.minecraft.net/"; // Mojang's Cloudflare front end
++    public static final String URL_LIBRARY         = "http://libraries.minecraft.net/"; // Mojang's Cloudflare front end
+     //public static final String URL_LIBRARY         = "https://minecraft-libraries.s3.amazonaws.com/"; // Mojang's AWS server, as Cloudflare is having issues, TODO: Switch back to above when their servers are fixed.
+     public static final String URL_FORGE_MAVEN     = "http://files.minecraftforge.net/maven";
+     public static final List<String> URLS_MCP_JSON = Arrays.asList(
+-- 
+2.5.5
+
diff --git a/gradle/reprod/setup.sh b/gradle/reprod/setup.sh
index f76b50a9..237c4f7b 100755
--- a/gradle/reprod/setup.sh
+++ b/gradle/reprod/setup.sh
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ setup_dep "srg2source" "https://github.com/MinecraftForge/Srg2Source.git" "ea4ea
 
 # Required for RM
 setup_dep "mixingradle" "https://github.com/SpongePowered/MixinGradle.git" "3d81c8e202ec435056fb2068fdc34cfefa99be2d" "build/libs/mixingradle-0.4-SNAPSHOT.jar" "8b3508867128a5d564631635dff898a36f9aca8db54b7bb3af6f4924e3f4bead"
-setup_dep "forgegradle" "https://github.com/MinecraftForge/ForgeGradle.git" "a228a836a2dc5ce546d2d53c48760f52f082d7ad" "build/libs/ForgeGradle-2.3-SNAPSHOT.jar" "96d290b4297805d401251334680217cafa7cf8806ac0b3a1d09639d5c1b8f9f7"
+setup_dep "forgegradle" "https://github.com/MinecraftForge/ForgeGradle.git" "a228a836a2dc5ce546d2d53c48760f52f082d7ad" "build/libs/ForgeGradle-2.3-SNAPSHOT.jar" "94bf0d8be7e68a3d9828c8208024c21f2c171663dd7d56b95b3459bfc67273c0"
 setup_dep "mixin" "https://github.com/SpongePowered/Mixin.git" "b558323da3bd6ce94aeb442bfd7357f6c40d2fd4" "build/libs/mixin-0.6.11-SNAPSHOT.jar" "8ec6ce24b8192f043976344305ba6afbc35b052056f1559ca5914a77c5eae71d"
 
 rm -rf tmp