diff --git a/src/HTTP.cxx b/src/HTTP.cxx
index b0b02ab..d8f602d 100644
--- a/src/HTTP.cxx
+++ b/src/HTTP.cxx
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ void HTTP::initCurl(const std::string &url)
   }
   writeHandle = curl_easy_init();
   curl_easy_setopt(writeHandle, CURLOPT_URL, writeUrl.c_str());
-  curl_easy_setopt(writeHandle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
   curl_easy_setopt(writeHandle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 10);
   curl_easy_setopt(writeHandle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10);
   curl_easy_setopt(writeHandle, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
@@ -97,7 +96,6 @@ void HTTP::initCurlRead(const std::string &url)
   mReadUrl = url + "&q=";
   mReadUrl.insert(mReadUrl.find('?'), "/query");
   readHandle = curl_easy_init();
-  curl_easy_setopt(readHandle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
   curl_easy_setopt(readHandle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 10);
   curl_easy_setopt(readHandle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10);
   curl_easy_setopt(readHandle, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLE, 120L);
@@ -128,12 +126,6 @@ void HTTP::enableBasicAuth(const std::string &auth)
   curl_easy_setopt(readHandle, CURLOPT_USERPWD, auth.c_str());
 }
 
-void HTTP::enableSsl()
-{
-  curl_easy_setopt(readHandle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);
-  curl_easy_setopt(writeHandle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);
-}
-
 void HTTP::send(std::string &&lineprotocol)
 {
   CURLcode response;
@@ -206,7 +198,6 @@ void HTTP::createDatabase()
 
   CURL *createHandle = curl_easy_init();
   curl_easy_setopt(createHandle, CURLOPT_URL, createUrl.c_str());
-  curl_easy_setopt(createHandle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
   curl_easy_setopt(createHandle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 10);
   curl_easy_setopt(createHandle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10);
   curl_easy_setopt(createHandle, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
diff --git a/src/HTTP.h b/src/HTTP.h
index a1e52b9..ece33f6 100644
--- a/src/HTTP.h
+++ b/src/HTTP.h
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ class HTTP : public Transport
   /// \param auth <username>:<password>
   void enableBasicAuth(const std::string &auth);
 
-  /// Enable SSL
-  void enableSsl();
-
   /// Get the database name managed by this transport
   [[nodiscard]] std::string databaseName() const;
 
diff --git a/src/InfluxDBFactory.cxx b/src/InfluxDBFactory.cxx
index b62f6f4..14428dd 100644
--- a/src/InfluxDBFactory.cxx
+++ b/src/InfluxDBFactory.cxx
@@ -72,11 +72,6 @@ std::unique_ptr<Transport> withHttpTransport(const http::url &uri)
   {
     transport->enableBasicAuth(uri.user + ":" + uri.password);
   }
-
-  if (uri.protocol == "https")
-  {
-    transport->enableSsl();
-  }
   return transport;
 }