diff --git a/core-client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/client/internal/HttpUrlConnector.java b/core-client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/client/internal/HttpUrlConnector.java
index 3e29e2be8a..41d4d09c83 100644
--- a/core-client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/client/internal/HttpUrlConnector.java
+++ b/core-client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/client/internal/HttpUrlConnector.java
@@ -312,11 +312,7 @@ protected void secureConnection(final JerseyClient client, final HttpURLConnecti
             if (verifier != null) {
                 suc.setHostnameVerifier(verifier);
             }
-
-            if (DEFAULT_SSL_SOCKET_FACTORY.get() == suc.getSSLSocketFactory()) {
-                // indicates that the custom socket factory was not set
-                suc.setSSLSocketFactory(sslSocketFactory.get());
-            }
+            suc.setSSLSocketFactory(sslSocketFactory.get());
         }
     }