diff --git a/src/remote/remote_driver.c b/src/remote/remote_driver.c
index 4817686590c4aeb946b959e218f475ef9689368c..8e3cd89bf22eb5eea4954333fc4252ef3abe3891 100644
--- a/src/remote/remote_driver.c
+++ b/src/remote/remote_driver.c
@@ -1293,11 +1293,6 @@ negotiate_gnutls_on_connection (virConnectPtr conn,
                                 struct private_data *priv,
                                 int no_verify)
 {
-    const int cert_type_priority[3] = {
-        GNUTLS_CRT_X509,
-        GNUTLS_CRT_OPENPGP,
-        0
-    };
     bool success = false;
     int err;
     gnutls_session_t session;
@@ -1320,15 +1315,6 @@ negotiate_gnutls_on_connection (virConnectPtr conn,
                     gnutls_strerror (err));
         goto cleanup;
     }
-    err =
-        gnutls_certificate_type_set_priority (session,
-                                              cert_type_priority);
-    if (err) {
-        remoteError(VIR_ERR_GNUTLS_ERROR,
-                    _("unable to set certificate priority: %s"),
-                    gnutls_strerror (err));
-        goto cleanup;
-    }
 
     /* put the x509 credentials to the current session
      */