--- a/src/jdk.incubator.httpclient/share/classes/jdk/incubator/http/HttpClientImpl.java	Wed Nov 22 15:26:44 2017 +0000
+++ b/src/jdk.incubator.httpclient/share/classes/jdk/incubator/http/HttpClientImpl.java	Wed Nov 22 15:29:29 2017 +0000
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
 import java.net.Authenticator;
 import java.net.CookieHandler;
-import java.net.NetPermission;
 import java.net.ProxySelector;
 import java.nio.channels.CancelledKeyException;
 import java.nio.channels.ClosedChannelException;
@@ -871,11 +870,6 @@
 
     @Override
     public SSLContext sslContext() {
-        SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
-        if (sm != null) {
-            NetPermission np = new NetPermission("getSSLContext");
-            sm.checkPermission(np);
-        }
         return sslContext;
     }