1 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/ruby/pb/test/client.rb b/src/ruby/pb/test/client.rb
index 329e2dc98b..6eb727ccbe 100755
--- a/src/ruby/pb/test/client.rb
+++ b/src/ruby/pb/test/client.rb
@@ -93,13 +93,6 @@ def load_test_certs
   files.map { |f| File.open(File.join(data_dir, f)).read }
 end
 
-# loads the certificates used to access the test server securely.
-def load_prod_cert
-  fail 'could not find a production cert' if ENV['SSL_CERT_FILE'].nil?
-  GRPC.logger.info("loading prod certs from #{ENV['SSL_CERT_FILE']}")
-  File.open(ENV['SSL_CERT_FILE']).read
-end
-
 # creates SSL Credentials from the test certificates.
 def test_creds
   certs = load_test_certs
@@ -108,8 +101,7 @@ end
 
 # creates SSL Credentials from the production certificates.
 def prod_creds
-  cert_text = load_prod_cert
-  GRPC::Core::ChannelCredentials.new(cert_text)
+  GRPC::Core::ChannelCredentials.new()
 end
 
 # creates the SSL Credentials.