diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index ed1ada84..42654597 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   # Use default logging formatter so that PID and timestamp are not suppressed.
   config.log_formatter = ::Logger::Formatter.new
 
-  # rails runs over http in production. Turning OpenSSL verify off to skip oauth2 verification of certs.
-  # This is done on nginx level
-  OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
-
   # Use a different logger for distributed setups.
   # require 'syslog/logger'
   # config.logger = ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.new(Syslog::Logger.new 'app-name')