diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/object_storage/object_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/object_storage/object_client.py
index 6970c0a85b..1d38153cab 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/object_storage/object_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/object_storage/object_client.py
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ class ObjectClient(rest_client.RestClient):
             conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection(parsed_url.netloc,
                                            context=context)
         else:
-            conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(parsed_url.netloc,
-                                          context=context)
+            conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(parsed_url.netloc)
 
         return conn