diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c87d7664..e05ee56e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ ruma-api = "0.12.0"
 ruma-client-api = "0.5.0"
 ruma-events = "0.15.1"
 ruma-identifiers = "0.14.0"
-native-tls = { version = "0.2.3", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0.103", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.44"
 serde_urlencoded = "0.6.1"
@@ -34,4 +33,4 @@ tokio = { version = "0.2.4", features = ["macros"] }
 
 [features]
 default = ["tls"]
-tls = ["hyper-tls", "native-tls"]
+tls = ["hyper-tls"]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 816fb4c4..7e7d3fe2 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ use hyper::{
 };
 #[cfg(feature = "hyper-tls")]
 use hyper_tls::HttpsConnector;
-#[cfg(feature = "hyper-tls")]
-use native_tls::Error as NativeTlsError;
 use ruma_api::{Endpoint, Outgoing};
 use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
 use url::Url;
@@ -165,14 +163,14 @@ pub type HttpsClient = Client<HttpsConnector<HttpConnector>>;
 #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
 impl HttpsClient {
     /// Creates a new client for making HTTPS requests to the given homeserver.
-    pub fn https(homeserver_url: Url, session: Option<Session>) -> Result<Self, NativeTlsError> {
+    pub fn https(homeserver_url: Url, session: Option<Session>) -> Self {
         let connector = HttpsConnector::new();
 
-        Ok(Self(Arc::new(ClientData {
+        Self(Arc::new(ClientData {
             homeserver_url,
             hyper: HyperClient::builder().keep_alive(true).build(connector),
             session: Mutex::new(session),
-        })))
+        }))
     }
 }