diff --git a/src/BigBlueButton.php b/src/BigBlueButton.php
index 414b1127..0909ea69 100644
--- a/src/BigBlueButton.php
+++ b/src/BigBlueButton.php
@@ -579,7 +579,6 @@ private function sendRequest(string $url, string $payload = '', string $contentT
         foreach ($this->curlOpts as $opt => $value) {
             curl_setopt($ch, $opt, $value);
         }
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 1);
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_ENCODING, 'UTF-8');
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);