diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ at once. The specifications strings use the `xspec syntax`_.
 
 .. _`xspec syntax`: http://codespeak.net/execnet/basics.html#xspec
 
-.. _`socketserver.py`: https://github.com/pytest-dev/execnet/blob/master/execnet/script/socketserver.py
+.. _`socketserver.py`: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pytest-dev/execnet/master/execnet/script/socketserver.py
 
 .. _`execnet`: http://codespeak.net/execnet