diff --git a/backend/.vscode/launch.json b/backend/.vscode/launch.json
index 9d720aa..aadf76d 100644
--- a/backend/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/backend/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
         "PREFECT_LOGGING_LEVEL": "DEBUG",
         "MINIO_ENDPOINT": "scopem-openemdata.ethz.ch:9090",
         "MINIO_EXTERNAL_ENDPOINT": "scopem-openemdata.ethz.ch:9090",
-        "AWS_CA_BUNDLE": "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt",
         "LTS_STORAGE_ROOT": "/tmp/data/LTS/",
         "LTS_FREE_SPACE_PERCENTAGE": "0.2",
         "ARCHIVER_SCRATCH_FOLDER": "/tmp/data/scratch/",
diff --git a/backend/api/.vscode/launch.json b/backend/api/.vscode/launch.json
index 88c6ef3..6aa2c5f 100644
--- a/backend/api/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/backend/api/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
         "PREFECT_API_URL": "http://localhost:4200/api",
         "PREFECT_LOGGING_LEVEL": "DEBUG",
         "MINIO_ENDPOINT": "scopem-openemdata.ethz.ch:9090",
-        "AWS_CA_BUNDLE": "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt",
         "SECRETS_DIR": "${workspaceFolder}/../../.secrets",
         "UVICORN_ROOT_PATH": "",
         "UVICORN_RELOAD": "true",
diff --git a/backend/api/Dockerfile b/backend/api/Dockerfile
index ececb5a..3659daa 100644
--- a/backend/api/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/api/Dockerfile
@@ -32,10 +32,4 @@ WORKDIR /root/app/site-packages
 COPY --from=builder /venv /venv
 ENV PATH=/venv/bin:$PATH
 
-RUN wget https://cacerts.digicert.com/DigiCertGlobalG2TLSRSASHA2562020CA1-1.crt.pem -O DigiCertGlobalG2TLSRSASHA2562020CA1-1.crt
-RUN cp DigiCertGlobalG2TLSRSASHA2562020CA1-1.crt /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/
-RUN update-ca-certificates
-
-ENV AWS_CA_BUNDLE=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
-
 ENTRYPOINT [ "python", "-m", "openapi_server" ]
diff --git a/backend/archiver/tests/test_e2e.py b/backend/archiver/tests/test_e2e.py
index 997543e..6ba6a7c 100644
--- a/backend/archiver/tests/test_e2e.py
+++ b/backend/archiver/tests/test_e2e.py
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ def set_env():
 
     envs = {
         'PREFECT_SERVER_URL': PREFECT_SERVER_URL,
-        "AWS_CA_BUNDLE": "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt",
     }
 
     for k, v in envs.items():
diff --git a/backend/prefect-runtime.Dockerfile b/backend/prefect-runtime.Dockerfile
index 666b24b..f3c195e 100644
--- a/backend/prefect-runtime.Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/prefect-runtime.Dockerfile
@@ -27,11 +27,5 @@ COPY ./backend/ ./
 COPY ./backend/archiver/Pipfile ./
 COPY ./backend/archiver/Pipfile.lock ./
 
-RUN wget https://cacerts.digicert.com/DigiCertGlobalG2TLSRSASHA2562020CA1-1.crt.pem -O DigiCertGlobalG2TLSRSASHA2562020CA1-1.crt
-RUN cp DigiCertGlobalG2TLSRSASHA2562020CA1-1.crt /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/
-RUN update-ca-certificates
-
-ENV AWS_CA_BUNDLE=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
-
 RUN PIPENV_VENV_IN_PROJECT=1 pipenv install --system --deploy
 CMD ["/bin/bash"]
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