diff --git a/samples/net/sockets/big_http_download/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/net/sockets/big_http_download/CMakeLists.txt
index 3d13545f6dd..c0d6d6c9654 100644
--- a/samples/net/sockets/big_http_download/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/net/sockets/big_http_download/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,11 +8,3 @@ FILE(GLOB app_sources src/*.c)
 target_sources(app PRIVATE ${app_sources})
 
 include(${ZEPHYR_BASE}/samples/net/common/common.cmake)
-
-set(gen_dir ${ZEPHYR_BINARY_DIR}/include/generated/)
-
-generate_inc_file_for_target(
-    app
-    src/lets-encrypt-r3.der
-    ${gen_dir}/lets-encrypt-r3.der.inc
-    )
diff --git a/samples/net/sockets/big_http_download/overlay-tls.conf b/samples/net/sockets/big_http_download/overlay-tls.conf
index 01fdeb44863..28ac8d4bc7d 100644
--- a/samples/net/sockets/big_http_download/overlay-tls.conf
+++ b/samples/net/sockets/big_http_download/overlay-tls.conf
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ CONFIG_MBEDTLS_BUILTIN=y
 CONFIG_MBEDTLS_ENABLE_HEAP=y
 CONFIG_MBEDTLS_HEAP_SIZE=60000
 CONFIG_MBEDTLS_SSL_MAX_CONTENT_LEN=16384
+CONFIG_MBEDTLS_PEM_CERTIFICATE_FORMAT=y
 
 CONFIG_NET_SOCKETS_SOCKOPT_TLS=y
 
-CONFIG_SAMPLE_BIG_HTTP_DL_URL="https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z1805.exe"
+CONFIG_SAMPLE_BIG_HTTP_DL_URL="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+sourcefiles/git/1:2.34.1-1ubuntu1/git_2.34.1.orig.tar.xz"
diff --git a/samples/net/sockets/big_http_download/src/big_http_download.c b/samples/net/sockets/big_http_download/src/big_http_download.c
index 4203de9d2c3..88afa96ccf5 100644
--- a/samples/net/sockets/big_http_download/src/big_http_download.c
+++ b/samples/net/sockets/big_http_download/src/big_http_download.c
@@ -48,11 +48,7 @@ static char download_url[MAX_URL_LENGTH] =
 #if defined(CONFIG_SAMPLE_BIG_HTTP_DL_URL)
     CONFIG_SAMPLE_BIG_HTTP_DL_URL;
 #else
-#if !defined(CONFIG_NET_SOCKETS_SOCKOPT_TLS)
     "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/installer-amd64/current/images/hd-media/vmlinuz";
-#else
-    "https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z1805.exe";
-#endif /* !defined(CONFIG_NET_SOCKETS_SOCKOPT_TLS) */
 #endif /* defined(CONFIG_SAMPLE_BIG_HTTP_DL_URL) */
 /* Quick testing. */
 /*    "http://google.com/foo";*/
@@ -62,7 +58,8 @@ static uint8_t download_hash[32] =
 #if !defined(CONFIG_NET_SOCKETS_SOCKOPT_TLS)
 "\x33\x7c\x37\xd7\xec\x00\x34\x84\x14\x22\x4b\xaa\x6b\xdb\x2d\x43\xf2\xa3\x4e\xf5\x67\x6b\xaf\xcd\xca\xd9\x16\xf1\x48\xb5\xb3\x17";
 #else
-"\x64\x7a\x9a\x62\x11\x62\xcd\x7a\x50\x08\x93\x4a\x08\xe2\x3f\xf7\xc1\x13\x5d\x6f\x12\x61\x68\x9f\xd9\x54\xaa\x17\xd5\x0f\x97\x29";
+"\x3a\x07\x55\xdd\x1c\xfa\xb7\x1a\x24\xdd\x96\xdf\x34\x98\xc2\x9c"
+"\xd0\xac\xd1\x3b\x04\xf3\xd0\x8b\xf9\x33\xe8\x12\x86\xdb\x80\x2c";
 #endif /* !defined(CONFIG_NET_SOCKETS_SOCKOPT_TLS) */
 
 #define SSTRLEN(s) (sizeof(s) - 1)
diff --git a/samples/net/sockets/big_http_download/src/ca_certificate.h b/samples/net/sockets/big_http_download/src/ca_certificate.h
index f59796c35bc..4f3e2e266b5 100644
--- a/samples/net/sockets/big_http_download/src/ca_certificate.h
+++ b/samples/net/sockets/big_http_download/src/ca_certificate.h
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@
  * certificate in PEM format, you can enable support for it in Kconfig.
  */
 
-/* Let's Encrypt Authority X3 for https://www.7-zip.org */
-static const unsigned char ca_certificate[] = {
-#include "lets-encrypt-r3.der.inc"
-};
+/* ISRG Root X1 for https://launchpad.net/ubuntu */
+static const unsigned char ca_certificate[] =
+#include "isrgrootx1.pem"
+;
+
 
 #endif /* __CA_CERTIFICATE_H__ */
diff --git a/samples/net/sockets/big_http_download/src/isrgrootx1.pem b/samples/net/sockets/big_http_download/src/isrgrootx1.pem
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1aa829d4ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/net/sockets/big_http_download/src/isrgrootx1.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+"-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\n"
+"MIIFazCCA1OgAwIBAgIRAIIQz7DSQONZRGPgu2OCiwAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAw\n"
+"TzELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxKTAnBgNVBAoTIEludGVybmV0IFNlY3VyaXR5IFJlc2Vh\n"
+"cmNoIEdyb3VwMRUwEwYDVQQDEwxJU1JHIFJvb3QgWDEwHhcNMTUwNjA0MTEwNDM4\n"
+"WhcNMzUwNjA0MTEwNDM4WjBPMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEpMCcGA1UEChMgSW50ZXJu\n"
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+"MTCCAiIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADggIPADCCAgoCggIBAK3oJHP0FDfzm54rVygc\n"
+"h77ct984kIxuPOZXoHj3dcKi/vVqbvYATyjb3miGbESTtrFj/RQSa78f0uoxmyF+\n"
+"0TM8ukj13Xnfs7j/EvEhmkvBioZxaUpmZmyPfjxwv60pIgbz5MDmgK7iS4+3mX6U\n"
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+"KBds0pjBqAlkd25HN7rOrFleaJ1/ctaJxQZBKT5ZPt0m9STJEadao0xAH0ahmbWn\n"
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+"ORAzI4JMPJ+GslWYHb4phowim57iaztXOoJwTdwJx4nLCgdNbOhdjsnvzqvHu7Ur\n"
+"TkXWStAmzOVyyghqpZXjFaH3pO3JLF+l+/+sKAIuvtd7u+Nxe5AW0wdeRlN8NwdC\n"
+"jNPElpzVmbUq4JUagEiuTDkHzsxHpFKVK7q4+63SM1N95R1NbdWhscdCb+ZAJzVc\n"
+"oyi3B43njTOQ5yOf+1CceWxG1bQVs5ZufpsMljq4Ui0/1lvh+wjChP4kqKOJ2qxq\n"
+"4RgqsahDYVvTH9w7jXbyLeiNdd8XM2w9U/t7y0Ff/9yi0GE44Za4rF2LN9d11TPA\n"
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+"emyPxgcYxn/eR44/KJ4EBs+lVDR3veyJm+kXQ99b21/+jh5Xos1AnX5iItreGCc=\n"
+"-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n"
diff --git a/samples/net/sockets/big_http_download/src/lets-encrypt-r3.der b/samples/net/sockets/big_http_download/src/lets-encrypt-r3.der
deleted file mode 100644
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