diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index ce4b72fd31..640b8c99d7 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -1768,14 +1768,6 @@ def _setup_opener(self):
 
         debuglevel = 1 if self.params.get('debug_printtraffic') else 0
         https_handler = make_HTTPS_handler(self.params, debuglevel=debuglevel)
-        # The ssl context is only available in python 2.7.9 and 3.x
-        if hasattr(https_handler, '_context'):
-            ctx = https_handler._context
-            # get_ca_certs is unavailable prior to python 3.4
-            if hasattr(ctx, 'get_ca_certs') and len(ctx.get_ca_certs()) == 0:
-                self.report_warning(
-                    'No ssl certificates were loaded, urls that use https '
-                    'won\'t work')
         ydlh = YoutubeDLHandler(self.params, debuglevel=debuglevel)
         opener = compat_urllib_request.build_opener(
             proxy_handler, https_handler, cookie_processor, ydlh)