diff --git a/browser/Makefile.am b/browser/Makefile.am
index ffa7b15a2..562e00075 100644
--- a/browser/Makefile.am
+++ b/browser/Makefile.am
@@ -798,8 +798,6 @@ check-local: $(MOCHA_TS_JS_FILES)
 		exit 1; \
 	fi
 
-SSL_FLAG = `xmllint --xpath 'string(/config/ssl/enable)' $(abs_top_builddir)/coolwsd.xml`
-
 # the delay (in milliseconds) between each emulated key stroke for each view
 typing_speed=100
 # The duration of the typing (in milliseconds)
@@ -818,6 +816,6 @@ perf-test:
 		echo 'Making fresh copy of the perf-test-edit.odt document'; \
 		cp $(abs_top_srcdir)/test/data/perf-test.odt $(abs_top_builddir)/test/data/perf-test-edit.odt; \
 	fi
-	$(NODE) $(abs_srcdir)/test/bootstrap.js $(SSL_FLAG) $(abs_top_builddir) $(abs_srcdir) $(typing_speed) $(single_view) $(typing_duration) $(node_inspect) ${record_stats}
+	$(NODE) $(abs_srcdir)/test/bootstrap.js $(abs_top_builddir) $(abs_srcdir) $(typing_speed) $(single_view) $(typing_duration) $(node_inspect) ${record_stats}
 # for now - unwinding ts and js deps for different targets is a real pain.
 .NOTPARALLEL:
diff --git a/browser/test/bootstrap.js b/browser/test/bootstrap.js
index 600b4c177..415eb5dc7 100644
--- a/browser/test/bootstrap.js
+++ b/browser/test/bootstrap.js
@@ -2,18 +2,21 @@ const https = require("https");
 const http = require("http");
 
 const { spawn, fork } = require('child_process');
-if (process.argv.length < 5 || process.argv[2] == '--help') {
-	console.debug('bootstrap.js <ssl_true_or_false> <abs_top_builddir> <abs_srcdir>');
+if (process.argv.length < 4 || process.argv[2] == '--help') {
+	console.debug('bootstrap.js <abs_top_builddir> <abs_srcdir>');
 	process.exit(0);
 }
-const ssl_flag = process.argv[2];
-const top_builddir = process.argv[3];
-const srcdir = process.argv[4];
-const typing_speed = process.argv[5];
-const single_view = process.argv[6];
-const typing_duration = process.argv[7];
-const inspect = process.argv[8];
-const recordStats = process.argv[9];
+
+// Websocket can't cope with SSL certificates.
+const ssl_flag = false;
+
+const top_builddir = process.argv[2];
+const srcdir = process.argv[3];
+const typing_speed = process.argv[4];
+const single_view = process.argv[5];
+const typing_duration = process.argv[6];
+const inspect = process.argv[7];
+const recordStats = process.argv[8];
 
 // verbose console output
 const debug = false;