diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 363e8160e..cd56a56a2 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ module Consul
 
     # Overwrite Rails 5.0 defaults and use the options we used in Rails 4
     config.active_record.belongs_to_required_by_default = false
-    config.ssl_options = {}
 
     # Set Time.zone default to the specified zone and make Active Record auto-convert to this zone.
     # Run "rake -D time" for a list of tasks for finding time zone names. Default is UTC.