diff --git a/src/hms123311.c b/src/hms123311.c
index b89cd080d..4a694eeaa 100644
--- a/src/hms123311.c
+++ b/src/hms123311.c
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ HMS_connect (const char *format, ...)
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4);
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
-	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);/* WTF WINDOWS!! */
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, HMS_on_read);
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, buffer);