diff --git a/modules/hsbc/browser.py b/modules/hsbc/browser.py
index 9e1c2c24431e7769d0cdba6e812e517b92cf1138..66be84e87bdc0c61c8581e8aa6278714f92e08f7 100644
--- a/modules/hsbc/browser.py
+++ b/modules/hsbc/browser.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import re
-import ssl
 from datetime import timedelta, date
 from lxml.etree import XMLSyntaxError
 from collections import OrderedDict
@@ -132,14 +131,6 @@ def __init__(self, username, password, secret, *args, **kwargs):
     def load_state(self, state):
         return
 
-    def prepare_request(self, req):
-        preq = super(HSBC, self).prepare_request(req)
-
-        conn = self.session.adapters['https://'].get_connection(preq.url)
-        conn.ssl_version = ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1
-
-        return preq
-
     def do_login(self):
         self.session.cookies.clear()