diff --git a/mod/parse_url.php b/mod/parse_url.php
index 3c931fdb1e..1904d9219d 100644
--- a/mod/parse_url.php
+++ b/mod/parse_url.php
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function parse_url_content(App $a)
 	// Check if the URL is an image, video or audio file. If so format
 	// the URL with the corresponding BBCode media tag
 	// Fetch the header of the URL
-	$curlResponse = DI::httpRequest()->head($url, ['novalidate' => true]);
+	$curlResponse = DI::httpRequest()->head($url);
 
 	if ($curlResponse->isSuccess()) {
 		// Convert the header fields into an array
diff --git a/src/Network/IHTTPRequest.php b/src/Network/IHTTPRequest.php
index 6c839dd3d9..8927941e81 100644
--- a/src/Network/IHTTPRequest.php
+++ b/src/Network/IHTTPRequest.php
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ interface IHTTPRequest
 	 * @param array  $opts       (optional parameters) assoziative array with:
 	 *                           'accept_content' => supply Accept: header with 'accept_content' as the value
 	 *                           'timeout' => int Timeout in seconds, default system config value or 60 seconds
-	 *                           'novalidate' => do not validate SSL certs, default is to validate using our CA list
 	 *                           'cookiejar' => path to cookie jar file
 	 *                           'header' => header array
 	 *
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ interface IHTTPRequest
 	 * @param array  $opts       (optional parameters) assoziative array with:
 	 *                           'accept_content' => supply Accept: header with 'accept_content' as the value
 	 *                           'timeout' => int Timeout in seconds, default system config value or 60 seconds
-	 *                           'novalidate' => do not validate SSL certs, default is to validate using our CA list
 	 *                           'cookiejar' => path to cookie jar file
 	 *                           'header' => header array
 	 *
diff --git a/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php b/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php
index 4d6ae7e90c..2b98b1a32e 100644
--- a/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php
+++ b/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php
@@ -403,7 +403,6 @@ class HTTPSignature
 	 * @param array   $opts    (optional parameters) assoziative array with:
 	 *                         'accept_content' => supply Accept: header with 'accept_content' as the value
 	 *                         'timeout' => int Timeout in seconds, default system config value or 60 seconds
-	 *                         'novalidate' => do not validate SSL certs, default is to validate using our CA list
 	 *                         'nobody' => only return the header
 	 *                         'cookiejar' => path to cookie jar file
 	 *