: HTTPS and HTTP are classed as protocols so they are not technically duplicate pages but rather than different protocols that can be used to access the page - so in terms of SEO its minimal

HTTPS and HTTP are classed as protocols so they are not technically duplicate pages but rather than different protocols that can be used to access the page - so in terms of SEO its minimal effect but due to the fact you don't have a SSL may do but I doubt it. Most sites are accessible without valid SSL Certs and thats just the way they are setup and as said its a Protocol and not a page that is available though URL change.

I've myself had pages that appear in the Google results as HTTPs and is always if they find a link before they crawl your site, its not a big deal but removing it via Webmaster Tools will remove the page as the remove tool works on URLS and not protocols - so you are best of just waiting for the page updated with the HTACCESS which your've done. It'll take a month for Google to change it within the SERPS but Google will notice it way before then but put the page on hold from updating the index as they want to see if its a mistake - otherwise people would be complaining about losign their rankings from changing the HTACCESS and within days or a week the problem goes unnoticed and they lose the rankings. So it takes time.

Forget the webmaster tools, HTACCESS will do the trick in good time.

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