diff --git a/deluge/core/rpcserver.py b/deluge/core/rpcserver.py
index 6b77881e2..063097755 100644
--- a/deluge/core/rpcserver.py
+++ b/deluge/core/rpcserver.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class ServerContextFactory(object):
         SSL transport.
         """
         ssl_dir = deluge.configmanager.get_config_dir("ssl")
-        ctx = SSL.Context(SSL.SSLv23_METHOD)
+        ctx = SSL.Context(SSL.SSLv3_METHOD)
         ctx.use_certificate_file(os.path.join(ssl_dir, "daemon.cert"))
         ctx.use_privatekey_file(os.path.join(ssl_dir, "daemon.pkey"))
         return ctx