diff --git a/app/utils/base_client.js b/app/utils/base_client.js
index 74923bb57..1a50217a7 100644
--- a/app/utils/base_client.js
+++ b/app/utils/base_client.js
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ const {getNamespace} = require('continuation-local-storage')
 const AWSXRay = require('aws-xray-sdk')
 
 // Local dependencies
-const customCertificate = require('./custom_certificate')
 const CORRELATION_HEADER_NAME = require('./correlation_header').CORRELATION_HEADER
 const {addProxy} = require('./add_proxy')
 
@@ -26,12 +25,6 @@ const agentOptions = {
 
 const clsXrayConfig = require('../../config/xray-cls')
 
-if (process.env.DISABLE_INTERNAL_HTTPS !== 'true') {
-  agentOptions.ca = customCertificate.getCertOptions()
-} else {
-  logger.warn('DISABLE_INTERNAL_HTTPS is set.')
-}
-
 /**
  * @type {http.Agent}
  */
diff --git a/app/utils/custom_certificate.js b/app/utils/custom_certificate.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f66b84c76..000000000
--- a/app/utils/custom_certificate.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-// core dependencies
-const path = require('path')
-const fs = require('fs')
-
-// npm dependencies
-const logger = require('winston')
-
-// constants
-const CERTS_PATH = process.env.CERTS_PATH || path.join(__dirname, '/../../certs')
-exports.getCertOptions = (certsPath) => {
-  certsPath = certsPath || CERTS_PATH
-  try {
-    if (fs.lstatSync(certsPath).isDirectory()) {
-      // Read everything from the certificates directories
-      // Get everything that isn't a directory (e.g. files, symlinks)
-      // Read it (assume it is a certificate)
-      // Add it to the agentOptions list of CAs
-      const ca = []
-      fs.readdirSync(certsPath)
-        .map(certPath => path.join(certsPath, certPath))
-        .filter(fullCertPath => !fs.lstatSync(fullCertPath).isDirectory())
-        .map(fullCertPath => fs.readFileSync(fullCertPath))
-        .forEach(caCont => ca.push(caCont))
-      return ca
-    } else {
-      logger.error('Provided CERTS_PATH is not a directory', {certsPath})
-    }
-  } catch (e) {
-    logger.error('Provided CERTS_PATH could not be read', {certsPath})
-  }
-}
diff --git a/env.sh b/env.sh
index 9240cc0d4..5c7ce2707 100755
--- a/env.sh
+++ b/env.sh
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ if [ -f $ENV_FILE ]
 then
   set -a
   source $ENV_FILE
-  set +a  
+  set +a
 fi
 
-export CERTS_PATH=$WORKSPACE/pay-scripts/services/ssl/certs
-
 eval "$@"
diff --git a/test/unit/custom_certificate_tests.js b/test/unit/custom_certificate_tests.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 56c811f65..000000000
--- a/test/unit/custom_certificate_tests.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-// core dependencies
-const path = require('path')
-
-// npm dependencies
-const {expect} = require('chai')
-const customCertificate = require('../../app/utils/custom_certificate.js')
-
-// constants
-const CERTS_PATH = path.join(__dirname, '/../test_helpers/certs')
-
-describe('custom certificate', () => {
-  it('should set secure options', () => {
-    const ca = customCertificate.getCertOptions(CERTS_PATH)
-    expect(ca.length).to.equal(1)
-  })
-})