diff --git a/src/sbbs3/ssl.c b/src/sbbs3/ssl.c
index a457fbcce43c8f85df6f0566050e3cc8d79bdd26..16b736b0afbd9ac1618b83d7c218f29b759b3eb8 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/ssl.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/ssl.c
@@ -125,8 +125,6 @@ CRYPT_CONTEXT DLLCALL get_ssl_cert(scfg_t *cfg, char estr[SSL_ESTR_LEN])
 			goto failure_return_3;
 		if(!DO(cryptSetAttribute(ssl_cert, CRYPT_CERTINFO_XYZZY, 1 )))
 			goto failure_return_3;
-		if(!DO(cryptSetAttributeString(ssl_cert, CRYPT_CERTINFO_COUNTRYNAME, "US", 2)))
-			goto failure_return_3;
 		if(!DO(cryptSetAttributeString(ssl_cert, CRYPT_CERTINFO_DNSNAME, cfg->sys_inetaddr, strlen(cfg->sys_inetaddr))))
 			goto failure_return_3;
 		if(!DO(cryptSetAttributeString(ssl_cert, CRYPT_CERTINFO_COMMONNAME, cfg->sys_inetaddr, strlen(cfg->sys_inetaddr))))