diff --git a/backend/windmill-api/src/settings.rs b/backend/windmill-api/src/settings.rs
index 9c5da2e20b..051bb4a176 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-api/src/settings.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-api/src/settings.rs
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ async fn setup_ducklake_catalog_db_inner(
         sslmode = ssl_mode
     );
 
-    let (client, connection) = if ssl_mode == "require" || ssl_mode == "verify-ca" || ssl_mode == "verify-full" {
+    let (client, connection) = if ssl_mode == "require" {
         use native_tls::TlsConnector;
         use postgres_native_tls::MakeTlsConnector;