diff --git a/data/search_providers/google.xml b/data/search_providers/google.xml
index daaa254b78..9a8a56900c 100644
--- a/data/search_providers/google.xml
+++ b/data/search_providers/google.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 <ShortName>Google</ShortName>
 <Description>Google Search</Description>
 <InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
-<Image width="16" height="16">data:image/x-icon;base64,AAABAAEAEBAAAAEAGABoAwAAFgAAACgAAAAQAAAAIAAAAAEAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADs9Pt8xetPtu9FsfFNtu%2BTzvb2%2B%2Fne4dFJeBw0egA%2FfAJAfAA8ewBBegAAAAD%2B%2FPtft98Mp%2BwWsfAVsvEbs%2FQeqvF8xO7%2F%2F%2F63yqkxdgM7gwE%2FggM%2BfQA%2BegBDeQDe7PIbotgQufcMufEPtfIPsvAbs%2FQvq%2Bfz%2Bf%2F%2B%2B%2FZKhR05hgBBhQI8hgBAgAI9ewD0%2B%2Fg3pswAtO8Cxf4Kw%2FsJvvYAqupKsNv%2B%2Fv7%2F%2FP5VkSU0iQA7jQA9hgBDgQU%2BfQH%2F%2Ff%2FQ6fM4sM4KsN8AteMCruIqqdbZ7PH8%2Fv%2Fg6Nc%2Fhg05kAA8jAM9iQI%2BhQA%2BgQDQu6b97uv%2F%2F%2F7V8Pqw3eiWz97q8%2Ff%2F%2F%2F%2F7%2FPptpkkqjQE4kwA7kAA5iwI8iAA8hQCOSSKdXjiyflbAkG7u2s%2F%2B%2F%2F39%2F%2F7r8utrqEYtjQE8lgA7kwA7kwA9jwA9igA9hACiWSekVRyeSgiYSBHx6N%2F%2B%2Fv7k7OFRmiYtlAA5lwI7lwI4lAA7kgI9jwE9iwI4iQCoVhWcTxCmb0K%2BooT8%2Fv%2F7%2F%2F%2FJ2r8fdwI1mwA3mQA3mgA8lAE8lAE4jwA9iwE%2BhwGfXifWvqz%2B%2Ff%2F58u%2Fev6Dt4tr%2B%2F%2F2ZuIUsggA7mgM6mAM3lgA5lgA6kQE%2FkwBChwHt4dv%2F%2F%2F728ei1bCi7VAC5XQ7kz7n%2F%2F%2F6bsZkgcB03lQA9lgM7kwA2iQktZToPK4r9%2F%2F%2F9%2F%2F%2FSqYK5UwDKZAS9WALIkFn%2B%2F%2F3%2F%2BP8oKccGGcIRJrERILYFEMwAAuEAAdX%2F%2Ff7%2F%2FP%2B%2BfDvGXQLIZgLEWgLOjlf7%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F9QU90EAPQAAf8DAP0AAfMAAOUDAtr%2F%2F%2F%2F7%2B%2Fu2bCTIYwDPZgDBWQDSr4P%2F%2Fv%2F%2F%2FP5GRuABAPkAA%2FwBAfkDAPAAAesAAN%2F%2F%2B%2Fz%2F%2F%2F64g1C5VwDMYwK8Yg7y5tz8%2Fv%2FV1PYKDOcAAP0DAf4AAf0AAfYEAOwAAuAAAAD%2F%2FPvi28ymXyChTATRrIb8%2F%2F3v8fk6P8MAAdUCAvoAAP0CAP0AAfYAAO4AAACAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACAAQAA</Image>
-<Url type="text/html" method="GET" template="http://www.google.com/search?q={searchTerms}"/>
+<Image width="16" height="16">data:image/png;base64,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</Image>
+<Url type="text/html" method="GET" template="https://www.google.com/search?q={searchTerms}"/>
 </OpenSearchDescription>
diff --git a/data/search_providers/wikipedia.xml b/data/search_providers/wikipedia.xml
index 4c61256a9e..765aa8b854 100644
--- a/data/search_providers/wikipedia.xml
+++ b/data/search_providers/wikipedia.xml
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 <ShortName>Wikipedia</ShortName>
 <Description>Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</Description>
 <InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
-<Image width="16" height="16">data:image/x-icon;base64,AAABAAEAEBAQAAEABAAoAQAAFgAAACgAAAAQAAAAIAAAAAEABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAEAgQAhIOEAMjHyABIR0gA6ejpAGlqaQCpqKkAKCgoAPz9%2FAAZGBkAmJiYANjZ2ABXWFcAent6ALm6uQA8OjwAiIiIiIiIiIiIiI4oiL6IiIiIgzuIV4iIiIhndo53KIiIiB%2FWvXoYiIiIfEZfWBSIiIEGi%2FfoqoiIgzuL84i9iIjpGIoMiEHoiMkos3FojmiLlUipYliEWIF%2BiDe0GoRa7D6GPbjcu1yIiIiIiIiIiIiIiIiIiIiIiIiIiIiIiIgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA</Image>
-<Url type="text/html" method="GET" template="http://{language}.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search={searchTerms}"/>
+<Image width="16" height="16">data:image/png;base64,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</Image>
+<Url type="text/html" method="GET" template="https://{language}.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search={searchTerms}"/>
 <!-- The criterion for being below is being listed with more than 100,000
-articles on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias -->
+articles on https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias -->
 <Language>ar</Language>
 <Language>bg</Language>
 <Language>ca</Language>
diff --git a/docs/search-providers-examples/yahoo@cinnamon.org/metadata.json b/docs/search-providers-examples/yahoo@cinnamon.org/metadata.json
index 4c2e01d3d6..b673b38baf 100644
--- a/docs/search-providers-examples/yahoo@cinnamon.org/metadata.json
+++ b/docs/search-providers-examples/yahoo@cinnamon.org/metadata.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "supported_locales": ["en"],
     "locale_data": {
         "yahoo_url": {
-            "en": "http://us.yhs4.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=%s&fr=sfp&fr2=&type=__alt__ddc_linuxmint_com&hspart=ddc&hsimp=yhs-linuxmint&iscqry="
+            "en": "https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=%s&fr=sfp&fr2=&type=__alt__ddc_linuxmint_com&hspart=ddc&hsimp=yhs-linuxmint&iscqry="
         }
     }
 }