diff --git a/src/libstore/filetransfer.cc b/src/libstore/filetransfer.cc
index 201f2984e..1c97cf400 100644
--- a/src/libstore/filetransfer.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/filetransfer.cc
@@ -399,13 +399,8 @@ struct curlFileTransfer : public FileTransfer
                 curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_SEEKDATA, this);
             }
 
-            if (request.verifyTLS) {
-                if (settings.caFile != "")
-                    curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_CAINFO, settings.caFile.get().c_str());
-            } else {
-                curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
-                curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
-            }
+            if (settings.caFile != "")
+                curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_CAINFO, settings.caFile.get().c_str());
 
 #if !defined(_WIN32) && LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x071000
             curl_easy_setopt(req, CURLOPT_SOCKOPTFUNCTION, cloexec_callback);
diff --git a/src/libstore/include/nix/store/filetransfer.hh b/src/libstore/include/nix/store/filetransfer.hh
index 34ec316ef..2b86f6ac9 100644
--- a/src/libstore/include/nix/store/filetransfer.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/include/nix/store/filetransfer.hh
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ struct FileTransferRequest
     VerbatimURL uri;
     Headers headers;
     std::string expectedETag;
-    bool verifyTLS = true;
     bool head = false;
     bool post = false;
     size_t tries = fileTransferSettings.tries;