diff --git a/lib/utils.pm b/lib/utils.pm
index de0b63f6..5bb599f9 100644
--- a/lib/utils.pm
+++ b/lib/utils.pm
@@ -949,9 +949,9 @@ sub download_modularity_tests {
     my ($whitelist) = @_;
     # we need python3-yaml for the script to run
     assert_script_run 'dnf -y install python3-yaml', 180;
-    assert_script_run 'curl --http1.1 --verbose --retry-delay 10 --max-time 30 --retry 5 -o /root/test.py https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/modularity_testing_scripts/raw/master/f/modular_functions.py', timeout => 180;
+    assert_script_run 'curl --verbose --retry-delay 10 --max-time 30 --retry 5 -o /root/test.py https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/modularity_testing_scripts/raw/master/f/modular_functions.py', timeout => 180;
     if ($whitelist eq 'whitelist') {
-        assert_script_run 'curl --http1.1 --verbose --retry-delay 10 --max-time 30 --retry 5 -o /root/whitelist https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/modularity_testing_scripts/raw/master/f/whitelist', timeout => 180;
+        assert_script_run 'curl --verbose --retry-delay 10 --max-time 30 --retry 5 -o /root/whitelist https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/modularity_testing_scripts/raw/master/f/whitelist', timeout => 180;
     }
     assert_script_run 'chmod 755 /root/test.py';
 }
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ sub advisory_check_nonmatching_packages {
     upload_logs "/tmp/installedupdatepkgs.txt", failok => 1;
     upload_logs "/mnt/updateiso/updatepkgs.txt", failok => 1;
     # download the check script and run it
-    assert_script_run 'curl --http1.1 --verbose --retry-delay 10 --max-time 30 --retry 5 -o updvercheck.py https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/os-autoinst-distri-fedora/raw/main/f/updvercheck.py', timeout => 180;
+    assert_script_run 'curl --verbose --retry-delay 10 --max-time 30 --retry 5 -o updvercheck.py https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/os-autoinst-distri-fedora/raw/main/f/updvercheck.py', timeout => 180;
     my $advisory = get_var("ADVISORY");
     my $cmd = 'python3 ./updvercheck.py /mnt/updateiso/updatepkgs.txt /tmp/installedupdatepkgs.txt';
     $cmd .= " $advisory" if ($advisory);
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ sub download_testdata {
     assert_script_run("mkdir temp");
     assert_script_run("cd temp");
     # Download the compressed file with the repository content.
-    assert_script_run("curl --http1.1 --verbose --retry-delay 10 --max-time 120 --retry 5 -o repository.tar.gz https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/openqa_testdata/blob/thetree/f/repository.tar.gz", timeout => 600);
+    assert_script_run("curl --verbose --retry-delay 10 --max-time 120 --retry 5 -o repository.tar.gz https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/openqa_testdata/blob/thetree/f/repository.tar.gz", timeout => 600);
     # Untar it.
     assert_script_run("tar -zxvf repository.tar.gz");
     # Copy out the files into the VMs directory structure.
diff --git a/tests/_live_build.pm b/tests/_live_build.pm
index 0f05f5f5..babe2d7a 100644
--- a/tests/_live_build.pm
+++ b/tests/_live_build.pm
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ sub run {
     # upload the config so we can check it's OK
     upload_logs "/etc/mock/openqa.cfg";
     # now check out the kickstarts
-    # FIXME using HTTP 1.1 seems to avoid some weird hangs we're
-    # seeing on pagure.io lately as of 2023/07:
-    # https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issue/11426
-    assert_script_run 'git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1';
     assert_script_run 'git clone https://pagure.io/fedora-kickstarts.git';
     assert_script_run 'cd fedora-kickstarts';
     assert_script_run "git checkout ${branch}";
diff --git a/tests/_ostree_build.pm b/tests/_ostree_build.pm
index f291928d..4991d9a0 100644
--- a/tests/_ostree_build.pm
+++ b/tests/_ostree_build.pm
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ sub run {
     assert_script_run "setenforce Permissive";
     # install the tools we need
     assert_script_run "dnf -y install git lorax flatpak ostree rpm-ostree dbus-daemon moreutils", 300;
-    # FIXME using HTTP 1.1 seems to avoid some weird hangs we're
-    # seeing on pagure.io lately as of 2023/07:
-    # https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issue/11426
-    assert_script_run 'git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1';
     # now check out workstation-ostree-config
     assert_script_run 'git clone https://pagure.io/workstation-ostree-config.git';
     assert_script_run 'pushd workstation-ostree-config';
@@ -89,7 +85,7 @@ sub run {
     assert_script_run 'git clone https://pagure.io/pungi-fedora.git';
     assert_script_run 'cd pungi-fedora/';
     assert_script_run "git checkout ${branch}";
-    assert_script_run 'curl --http1.1 --retry-delay 10 --max-time 30 --retry 5 -o ostree-parse-pungi.py https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/os-autoinst-distri-fedora/raw/main/f/ostree-parse-pungi.py', timeout => 180;
+    assert_script_run 'curl --retry-delay 10 --max-time 30 --retry 5 -o ostree-parse-pungi.py https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/os-autoinst-distri-fedora/raw/main/f/ostree-parse-pungi.py', timeout => 180;
     my $loraxargs = script_output "python3 ostree-parse-pungi.py $lcsubv $arch";
 
     # this 'temporary file cleanup' thing can actually wipe bits of