diff --git a/lib/ldap.c b/lib/ldap.c
index 73d3ac0f942544cc3e4108268359cdc0c1e9dd03..20d288871abedd75dc03395a3399d2a139c04c48 100644
--- a/lib/ldap.c
+++ b/lib/ldap.c
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_ldap(struct connectdata *conn, bool *done)
       status = CURLE_SSL_CERTPROBLEM;
       goto quit;
     }
+/*
     rc = ldap_start_tls_s(server, NULL, NULL);
     if (rc != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
       failf(data, "LDAP local: ERROR starting SSL/TLS mode: %s",
@@ -242,6 +243,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_ldap(struct connectdata *conn, bool *done)
       status = CURLE_SSL_CERTPROBLEM;
       goto quit;
     }
+*/
 #else
     /* we should probably never come up to here since configure
        should check in first place if we can support LDAP SSL/TLS */