diff --git a/pkg/server/httpserver/httpserver.go b/pkg/server/httpserver/httpserver.go
index ab5250f08..b7ee5e547 100644
--- a/pkg/server/httpserver/httpserver.go
+++ b/pkg/server/httpserver/httpserver.go
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ func start(ctrlChannel <-chan string, errorChannel chan<- error,
 		for _, host := range hosts {
 			fmt.Printf("Starting minio server on: https://%s:%s\n", host, port)
 		}
-		httpServer.TLSConfig = getDefaultTLSConfig()
 		err = httpServer.ListenAndServeTLS(config.CertFile, config.KeyFile)
 	}
 	errorChannel <- err
diff --git a/pkg/server/httpserver/tlshelpers.go b/pkg/server/httpserver/tlshelpers.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8dd41c43f..000000000
--- a/pkg/server/httpserver/tlshelpers.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-package httpserver
-
-import "crypto/tls"
-
-func getDefaultTLSConfig() *tls.Config {
-	config := tls.Config{}
-
-	//Use only modern ciphers
-	config.CipherSuites = []uint16{
-		tls.TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,
-		tls.TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,
-		tls.TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,
-		tls.TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,
-		tls.TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,
-		tls.TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,
-		tls.TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,
-		tls.TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,
-	}
-
-	//Don't allow session resumption
-	config.SessionTicketsDisabled = true
-	config.ClientAuth = tls.RequireAnyClientCert
-	return &config
-}