diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 515b0c4f8..4cdcc47f6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1880,7 +1880,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "lemmy_websocket",
  "log",
  "openssl",
- "openssl-probe",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 88c4e1cc8..be1fd4128 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ activitystreams = "0.7.0-alpha.11"
 actix-rt = { version = "2.2.0", default-features = false }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.66", features = ["preserve_order"] }
 clokwerk = "0.3.5"
-openssl-probe = "0.1.2"
 
 [dev-dependencies.cargo-husky]
 version = "1.5.0"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 58d5a129b..504ccc80e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ use lemmy_utils::{
   LemmyError,
 };
 use lemmy_websocket::{chat_server::ChatServer, LemmyContext};
-use log::warn;
-use reqwest::{Client, ClientBuilder};
+use reqwest::Client;
 use std::{sync::Arc, thread};
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 
@@ -68,21 +67,12 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), LemmyError> {
 
   let activity_queue = create_activity_queue();
 
-  let client = if !openssl_probe::has_ssl_cert_env_vars() {
-    warn!("No OpenSSL certs found, accepting invalid certs.");
-    ClientBuilder::new()
-      .danger_accept_invalid_certs(true)
-      .build()?
-  } else {
-    Client::default()
-  };
-
   let chat_server = ChatServer::startup(
     pool.clone(),
     rate_limiter.clone(),
     |c, i, o, d| Box::pin(match_websocket_operation(c, i, o, d)),
     |c, i, o, d| Box::pin(match_websocket_operation_crud(c, i, o, d)),
-    client.clone(),
+    Client::default(),
     activity_queue.clone(),
   )
   .start();
@@ -92,7 +82,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), LemmyError> {
     let context = LemmyContext::create(
       pool.clone(),
       chat_server.to_owned(),
-      client.clone(),
+      Client::default(),
       activity_queue.to_owned(),
     );
     let rate_limiter = rate_limiter.clone();