diff --git a/cmem_plugin_shapes/plugin_shapes.py b/cmem_plugin_shapes/plugin_shapes.py
index fd16d7b..d77a59f 100644
--- a/cmem_plugin_shapes/plugin_shapes.py
+++ b/cmem_plugin_shapes/plugin_shapes.py
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@
 
 from io import BytesIO
 from json import load, loads
-from os import environ
 from pathlib import Path
 from urllib.parse import quote_plus
 from urllib.request import urlopen
 from uuid import NAMESPACE_URL, uuid5
-from warnings import simplefilter
 
 from cmem.cmempy.api import send_request
 from cmem.cmempy.config import get_dp_api_endpoint
@@ -25,16 +23,12 @@
 from rdflib import RDF, RDFS, SH, XSD, Graph, Literal, Namespace, URIRef
 from rdflib.namespace import split_uri
 from str2bool import str2bool
-from urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
 from validators import url
 
 from cmem_plugin_shapes.doc import SHAPES_DOC
 
 from . import __path__
 
-environ["SSL_VERIFY"] = "false"
-simplefilter("ignore", category=InsecureRequestWarning)
-
 SHUI = Namespace("https://vocab.eccenca.com/shui/")
 
 
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 8ec1679..c9e489f 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1497,4 +1497,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.11"
-content-hash = "b0928b631e6d619f87e003de503638d1bebeb8f050095bf40e8232646309dbe1"
+content-hash = "704a5ba1d3f62bd918b896522603bab62ddb542af3eb51a022687f2fbf19efe9"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 687ad0c..af360ec 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ homepage = "https://github.com/eccenca/cmem-plugin-shapes"
 python = "^3.11"
 validators = "^0.34.0"
 str2bool = "^1.1"
-urllib3 = "^2.2.2"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies.cmem-plugin-base]
 version = "^4.7.0"