Only HTTPS Version of the Site is Indexed (woo hoo!), but Both HTTP And HTTPS Versions Are 'Live' (is this bad?)

HI, /r/SEO, quick question about whether or not I should do anything if both HTTP and HTTPs versions of pages of a site are “live.”

Example, these are both LIVE:

https://www.examplesite.com/service/productZZZ/ And http://www.examplesite.com/service/productZZZ/

Screaming Frog lists the HTTP pages as "Non-Indexable" (column E) and they also don't show up in a manual Google Search. Only the HTTPS version is indexed in google.

Sitemap is correctly presenting only the HTTPS versions, as well.

Should I undertake an effort to 301 redirect the HTTP versions to the HTTPS versions? or is it sufficient to ensure there are no links to the HTTP versions anywhere (on my site or on external sites)?

thank you!

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