diff --git a/services/coverity/coverity-scan.service.js b/services/coverity/coverity-scan.service.js
index a28e7d4f1da36..2c1e9362362f3 100644
--- a/services/coverity/coverity-scan.service.js
+++ b/services/coverity/coverity-scan.service.js
@@ -48,14 +48,6 @@ export default class CoverityScan extends BaseJsonService {
     const json = await this._requestJson({
       url,
       schema,
-      options: {
-        // Coverity has an issue in their certificate chain that requires
-        // disabling the default strict SSL check in order to call their API.
-        // For more information see:
-        // https://github.com/badges/shields/issues/3334
-        // https://github.com/badges/shields/pull/3336
-        strictSSL: false,
-      },
       errorMessages: {
         // At the moment Coverity returns an HTTP 200 with an HTML page
         // displaying the text 404 when project is not found.