diff --git a/include/git2/remote.h b/include/git2/remote.h
index 723147590..d2cc3e8e7 100644
--- a/include/git2/remote.h
+++ b/include/git2/remote.h
@@ -410,14 +410,6 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_remote_supported_url(const char* url);
  */
 GIT_EXTERN(int) git_remote_list(git_strarray *out, git_repository *repo);
 
-/**
- * Choose whether to check the server's certificate (applies to HTTPS only)
- *
- * @param remote the remote to configure
- * @param check whether to check the server's certificate (defaults to yes)
- */
-GIT_EXTERN(void) git_remote_check_cert(git_remote *remote, int check);
-
 /**
  * Argument to the completion callback which tells it which operation
  * finished.
diff --git a/include/git2/sys/transport.h b/include/git2/sys/transport.h
index 44d41c14d..1e8f4e4ed 100644
--- a/include/git2/sys/transport.h
+++ b/include/git2/sys/transport.h
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ GIT_BEGIN_DECL
 
 typedef enum {
 	GIT_TRANSPORTFLAGS_NONE = 0,
-	/* If the connection is secured with SSL/TLS, the authenticity
-	 * of the server certificate should not be verified. */
-	GIT_TRANSPORTFLAGS_NO_CHECK_CERT = 1
 } git_transport_flags_t;
 
 typedef struct git_transport git_transport;
diff --git a/src/netops.c b/src/netops.c
index 67d49a529..43b8c5311 100644
--- a/src/netops.c
+++ b/src/netops.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ cert_fail_name:
 	return GIT_ECERTIFICATE;
 }
 
-static int ssl_setup(gitno_socket *socket, const char *host, int flags)
+static int ssl_setup(gitno_socket *socket, const char *host)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -406,9 +406,6 @@ static int ssl_setup(gitno_socket *socket, const char *host, int flags)
 	if ((ret = SSL_connect(socket->ssl.ssl)) <= 0)
 		return ssl_set_error(&socket->ssl, ret);
 
-	if (GITNO_CONNECT_SSL_NO_CHECK_CERT & flags)
-		return 0;
-
 	return verify_server_cert(&socket->ssl, host);
 }
 #endif
@@ -495,7 +492,7 @@ int gitno_connect(gitno_socket *s_out, const char *host, const char *port, int f
 
 #ifdef GIT_SSL
 	if ((flags & GITNO_CONNECT_SSL) &&
-	    (ret = ssl_setup(s_out, host, flags)) < 0)
+	    (ret = ssl_setup(s_out, host)) < 0)
 		return ret;
 #else
 	/* SSL is not supported */
diff --git a/src/netops.h b/src/netops.h
index dfb4ab7b4..beb0e0760 100644
--- a/src/netops.h
+++ b/src/netops.h
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ typedef struct gitno_buffer gitno_buffer;
 enum {
 	/* Attempt to create an SSL connection. */
 	GITNO_CONNECT_SSL = 1,
-
-	/* Valid only when GITNO_CONNECT_SSL is also specified.
-	 * Indicates that the server certificate should not be validated. */
-	GITNO_CONNECT_SSL_NO_CHECK_CERT = 2,
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/remote.c b/src/remote.c
index 9c93f67a1..46a610c3a 100644
--- a/src/remote.c
+++ b/src/remote.c
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ static int ensure_remote_name_is_valid(const char *name)
 	return error;
 }
 
+#if 0
+/* We could export this as a helper */
 static int get_check_cert(int *out, git_repository *repo)
 {
 	git_config *cfg;
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ static int get_check_cert(int *out, git_repository *repo)
 	*out = git_config__get_bool_force(cfg, "http.sslverify", 1);
 	return 0;
 }
+#endif
 
 static int create_internal(git_remote **out, git_repository *repo, const char *name, const char *url, const char *fetch)
 {
@@ -121,9 +124,6 @@ static int create_internal(git_remote **out, git_repository *repo, const char *n
 	remote->repo = repo;
 	remote->update_fetchhead = 1;
 
-	if (get_check_cert(&remote->check_cert, repo) < 0)
-		goto on_error;
-
 	if (git_vector_init(&remote->refs, 32, NULL) < 0)
 		goto on_error;
 
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ int git_remote_dup(git_remote **dest, git_remote *source)
 	remote->transport_cb_payload = source->transport_cb_payload;
 	remote->repo = source->repo;
 	remote->download_tags = source->download_tags;
-	remote->check_cert = source->check_cert;
 	remote->update_fetchhead = source->update_fetchhead;
 
 	if (git_vector_init(&remote->refs, 32, NULL) < 0 ||
@@ -369,9 +368,6 @@ int git_remote_load(git_remote **out, git_repository *repo, const char *name)
 	remote->name = git__strdup(name);
 	GITERR_CHECK_ALLOC(remote->name);
 
-	if ((error = get_check_cert(&remote->check_cert, repo)) < 0)
-		goto cleanup;
-
 	if (git_vector_init(&remote->refs, 32, NULL) < 0 ||
 	    git_vector_init(&remote->refspecs, 2, NULL) < 0 ||
 	    git_vector_init(&remote->active_refspecs, 2, NULL) < 0) {
@@ -676,9 +672,6 @@ int git_remote_connect(git_remote *remote, git_direction direction)
 	    (error = t->set_callbacks(t, remote->callbacks.sideband_progress, NULL, remote->callbacks.certificate_check, remote->callbacks.payload)) < 0)
 		goto on_error;
 
-	if (!remote->check_cert)
-		flags |= GIT_TRANSPORTFLAGS_NO_CHECK_CERT;
-
 	if ((error = t->connect(t, url, remote->callbacks.credentials, remote->callbacks.payload, direction, flags)) != 0)
 		goto on_error;
 
@@ -1244,13 +1237,6 @@ int git_remote_list(git_strarray *remotes_list, git_repository *repo)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void git_remote_check_cert(git_remote *remote, int check)
-{
-	assert(remote);
-
-	remote->check_cert = check;
-}
-
 int git_remote_set_callbacks(git_remote *remote, const git_remote_callbacks *callbacks)
 {
 	assert(remote && callbacks);
diff --git a/src/remote.h b/src/remote.h
index c471756b8..f88601e9b 100644
--- a/src/remote.h
+++ b/src/remote.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ struct git_remote {
 	git_transfer_progress stats;
 	unsigned int need_pack;
 	git_remote_autotag_option_t download_tags;
-	int check_cert;
 	int update_fetchhead;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/transports/http.c b/src/transports/http.c
index 3f74bd149..1bbef81b8 100644
--- a/src/transports/http.c
+++ b/src/transports/http.c
@@ -545,9 +545,6 @@ static int http_connect(http_subtransport *t)
 			return -1;
 
 		flags |= GITNO_CONNECT_SSL;
-
-		if (GIT_TRANSPORTFLAGS_NO_CHECK_CERT & tflags)
-			flags |= GITNO_CONNECT_SSL_NO_CHECK_CERT;
 	}
 
 	error = gitno_connect(&t->socket, t->connection_data.host, t->connection_data.port, flags);