diff --git a/pulsar-client-cpp/lib/auth/AuthOauth2.cc b/pulsar-client-cpp/lib/auth/AuthOauth2.cc
index 438239a46d69e..31225b15a71c5 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-cpp/lib/auth/AuthOauth2.cc
+++ b/pulsar-client-cpp/lib/auth/AuthOauth2.cc
@@ -186,8 +186,6 @@ void ClientCredentialFlow::initialize() {
     curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE, 1L);
 
     curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
-    curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);
-    curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);
 
     char errorBuffer[CURL_ERROR_SIZE];
     curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, errorBuffer);
@@ -311,8 +309,6 @@ Oauth2TokenResultPtr ClientCredentialFlow::authenticate() {
     curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE, 1L);
 
     curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
-    curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);
-    curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);
 
     curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, postData.c_str());