diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/debian-minimal/environment.d/10-debian-minimal.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/debian-minimal/environment.d/10-debian-minimal.bash
index 26f51599..accb08c6 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/debian-minimal/environment.d/10-debian-minimal.bash
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/debian-minimal/environment.d/10-debian-minimal.bash
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export DIB_RELEASE=${DIB_RELEASE:-stable}
 if [ -n "${DIB_DEBIAN_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR:-}" ]; then
     DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR=$DIB_DEBIAN_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR
 fi
-export DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR=${DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR:-http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian}
+export DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR=${DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR:-http://deb.debian.org/debian}
 
 export DIB_DEBIAN_COMPONENTS=${DIB_DEBIAN_COMPONENTS:-main}
 export DIB_DEBIAN_COMPONENTS_WS=${DIB_DEBIAN_COMPONENTS//,/ }
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/debootstrap/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/debootstrap/README.rst
index 5de549c2..ad69a8c1 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/debootstrap/README.rst
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/debootstrap/README.rst
@@ -14,16 +14,11 @@ There are two ways to configure apt-sources:
    overwrite the two environment variables to adapt the behavior:
 
    * ``DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR``: the mirror to use (default:
-     `<http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian>`__)
+     `<http://deb.debian.org/debian>`__)
    * ``DIB_DEBIAN_COMPONENTS``: (default: ``main``) a comma
      separated list of components. For Debian this can be
      e.g. ``main,contrib,non-free``.
 
-   Note it is not recommended to use
-   `<http://httpredir.debian.org/>`__ for ``DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR``
-   due to how unreliable it is.  Be sure to select a mirror from the
-   official mirror list at `<https://www.debian.org/mirror/list>`__
-
    By default only the ``main`` component is used. If
    ``DIB_DEBIAN_COMPONENTS`` (comma separated) from the
    ``debootstrap`` element has been set, that list of components will