diff --git a/services/sts/systests/basic/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/sts/stsclient/AbstractSTSTokenTest.java b/services/sts/systests/basic/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/sts/stsclient/AbstractSTSTokenTest.java
index 74666f23d77..fe7be5863cd 100644
--- a/services/sts/systests/basic/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/sts/stsclient/AbstractSTSTokenTest.java
+++ b/services/sts/systests/basic/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/sts/stsclient/AbstractSTSTokenTest.java
@@ -161,11 +161,6 @@ public boolean verify(String hostname, javax.net.ssl.SSLSession sslSession) {
 
         SSLContext sc = SSLUtils.getSSLContext(TLSClientParametersUtils.getTLSClientParameters());
         HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultSSLSocketFactory(sc.getSocketFactory());
-
-        // Needed to prevent test failure using IBM JDK
-        if ("IBM Corporation".equals(System.getProperty("java.vendor"))) {
-            System.setProperty("https.protocols", "TLSv1");
-        }
     }
 
     static void validateSecurityToken(SecurityToken token) {
diff --git a/services/sts/systests/basic/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/sts/transport/TransportBindingTest.java b/services/sts/systests/basic/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/sts/transport/TransportBindingTest.java
index d6c29e1e54f..26c89f20489 100644
--- a/services/sts/systests/basic/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/sts/transport/TransportBindingTest.java
+++ b/services/sts/systests/basic/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/sts/transport/TransportBindingTest.java
@@ -302,11 +302,6 @@ public void testUnknownAddress() throws Exception {
     @org.junit.Test
     public void testSAML2Dispatch() throws Exception {
 
-        // Needed to prevent test failure using IBM JDK
-        if ("IBM Corporation".equals(System.getProperty("java.vendor"))) {
-            System.setProperty("https.protocols", "TLSv1");
-        }
-
         createBus(getClass().getResource("cxf-client.xml").toString());
 
         URL wsdl = TransportBindingTest.class.getResource("DoubleIt.wsdl");
@@ -342,11 +337,6 @@ public void testSAML2Dispatch() throws Exception {
     @org.junit.Test
     public void testSAML2DispatchLocation() throws Exception {
 
-        // Needed to prevent test failure using IBM JDK
-        if ("IBM Corporation".equals(System.getProperty("java.vendor"))) {
-            System.setProperty("https.protocols", "TLSv1");
-        }
-
         createBus(getClass().getResource("cxf-client.xml").toString());
 
         URL wsdl = TransportBindingTest.class.getResource("DoubleIt.wsdl");