diff --git a/slixmpp/__init__.py b/slixmpp/__init__.py
index 94cd85cc..1badccb6 100644
--- a/slixmpp/__init__.py
+++ b/slixmpp/__init__.py
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@
 import logging
 logging.getLogger(__name__).addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
 
-import asyncio
-# Required for python < 3.7 to use the old ssl implementation
-# and manage to do starttls as an unintended side effect
-asyncio.sslproto._is_sslproto_available = lambda: False
-
 from slixmpp.stanza import Message, Presence, Iq
 from slixmpp.jid import JID, InvalidJID
 from slixmpp.xmlstream.stanzabase import ET, ElementBase, register_stanza_plugin