diff --git a/makebuildserver b/makebuildserver
index df553fa2..797a8097 100755
--- a/makebuildserver
+++ b/makebuildserver
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ def update_cache(cachedir, cachefiles):
 
         if download:
             r = requests.get(srcurl, headers=resume_header,
-                             stream=True, verify=False, allow_redirects=True)
+                             stream=True, allow_redirects=True)
             content_length = int(r.headers.get('content-length'))
             with open(local_filename, 'ab') as f:
                 for chunk in progress.bar(r.iter_content(chunk_size=65536),