diff --git a/plugin/pkg/tls/tls.go b/plugin/pkg/tls/tls.go
index 6fc10dd8e..2709895b8 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/tls/tls.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/tls/tls.go
@@ -108,11 +108,6 @@ func loadRoots(caPath string) (*x509.CertPool, error) {
 
 // NewHTTPSTransport returns an HTTP transport configured using tls.Config
 func NewHTTPSTransport(cc *tls.Config) *http.Transport {
-	// this seems like a bad idea but was here in the previous version
-	if cc != nil {
-		cc.InsecureSkipVerify = true
-	}
-
 	tr := &http.Transport{
 		Proxy: http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
 		Dial: (&net.Dialer{