diff --git a/bin/release.sh b/bin/release.sh
index 90b3cdd47..1ba3ac7ac 100755
--- a/bin/release.sh
+++ b/bin/release.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-export JRUBY_OPTS="-J-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=75 -J-Djdk.tls.client.protocols=TLSv1.2 -J-Dhttps.protocols=TLSv1.2"
+export JRUBY_OPTS=-J-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=75
 
 /bin/bash -l -c "bundle exec ./bin/run_brick.rb release_brick"