diff --git a/src/sagemaker/serve/model_server/triton/model.py b/src/sagemaker/serve/model_server/triton/model.py
index 5d8e9b0a2d..a1c731b0d6 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/serve/model_server/triton/model.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/serve/model_server/triton/model.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 import os
 import logging
-import ssl
 from pathlib import Path
 import platform
 
@@ -13,10 +12,6 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-# Otherwise it will complain SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED
-# When trying to download models from torchvision
-ssl._create_default_https_context = ssl._create_unverified_context
-
 TRITON_MODEL_DIR = os.getenv("TRITON_MODEL_DIR")