diff --git a/.ci/certs/ca.crt b/.ci/certs/ca.crt
deleted file mode 100755
index 71f9bfc8..00000000
--- a/.ci/certs/ca.crt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/.ci/certs/ca.pem b/.ci/certs/ca.pem
deleted file mode 100644
index 71f9bfc8..00000000
--- a/.ci/certs/ca.pem
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
------BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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diff --git a/.ci/certs/testnode.crt b/.ci/certs/testnode.crt
deleted file mode 100755
index 41e608fd..00000000
--- a/.ci/certs/testnode.crt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
------BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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diff --git a/.ci/certs/testnode.key b/.ci/certs/testnode.key
deleted file mode 100755
index 58227517..00000000
--- a/.ci/certs/testnode.key
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
------BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
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diff --git a/opensearchpy/helpers/test.py b/opensearchpy/helpers/test.py
index ade17e85..ae306b11 100644
--- a/opensearchpy/helpers/test.py
+++ b/opensearchpy/helpers/test.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 import os
 import time
-from os.path import abspath, dirname, join
 from unittest import SkipTest, TestCase
 
 from opensearchpy import OpenSearch
@@ -39,12 +38,10 @@ if "OPENSEARCH_URL" in os.environ:
 else:
     OPENSEARCH_URL = "https://elastic:changeme@localhost:9200"
 
-CA_CERTS = join(dirname(dirname(dirname(abspath(__file__)))), ".ci/certs/ca.pem")
-
 
 def get_test_client(nowait=False, **kwargs):
     # construct kwargs from the environment
-    kw = {"timeout": 30, "ca_certs": CA_CERTS}
+    kw = {"timeout": 30}
 
     if "PYTHON_CONNECTION_CLASS" in os.environ:
         from opensearchpy import connection
diff --git a/test_opensearchpy/test_async/test_server/conftest.py b/test_opensearchpy/test_async/test_server/conftest.py
index d39a0d3a..2b8cb1a3 100644
--- a/test_opensearchpy/test_async/test_server/conftest.py
+++ b/test_opensearchpy/test_async/test_server/conftest.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import asyncio
 import pytest
 
 import opensearchpy
-from opensearchpy.helpers.test import CA_CERTS, OPENSEARCH_URL
+from opensearchpy.helpers.test import OPENSEARCH_URL
 
 from ...utils import wipe_cluster
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ async def async_client():
         if not hasattr(opensearchpy, "AsyncOpenSearch"):
             pytest.skip("test requires 'AsyncOpenSearch'")
 
-        kw = {"timeout": 3, "ca_certs": CA_CERTS}
+        kw = {"timeout": 3}
         client = opensearchpy.AsyncOpenSearch(OPENSEARCH_URL, **kw)
 
         # wait for yellow status
diff --git a/test_opensearchpy/test_server/conftest.py b/test_opensearchpy/test_server/conftest.py
index 60437722..1baa77e8 100644
--- a/test_opensearchpy/test_server/conftest.py
+++ b/test_opensearchpy/test_server/conftest.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import time
 import pytest
 
 import opensearchpy
-from opensearchpy.helpers.test import CA_CERTS, OPENSEARCH_URL
+from opensearchpy.helpers.test import OPENSEARCH_URL
 
 from ..utils import wipe_cluster
 
@@ -45,11 +45,10 @@ OPENSEARCH_REST_API_TESTS = []
 def sync_client_factory():
     client = None
     try:
-        # Configure the client with certificates and optionally
-        # an HTTP conn class depending on 'PYTHON_CONNECTION_CLASS' envvar
+        # Configure the client optionally with an HTTP conn class
+        # depending on 'PYTHON_CONNECTION_CLASS' envvar
         kw = {
             "timeout": 3,
-            "ca_certs": CA_CERTS,
             "headers": {"Authorization": "Basic ZWxhc3RpYzpjaGFuZ2VtZQ=="},
         }
         if "PYTHON_CONNECTION_CLASS" in os.environ: