diff --git a/docker/transport/sshconn.py b/docker/transport/sshconn.py
index 6e1d0ee7..070b6937 100644
--- a/docker/transport/sshconn.py
+++ b/docker/transport/sshconn.py
@@ -11,10 +11,25 @@ import subprocess
 from docker.transport.basehttpadapter import BaseHTTPAdapter
 from .. import constants
 
-import urllib3
-import urllib3.connection
+import http.client as httplib
 
-RecentlyUsedContainer = urllib3._collections.RecentlyUsedContainer
+try:
+    import requests.packages.urllib3 as urllib3
+except ImportError:
+    import urllib3
+
+
+class DontCloseStreamWrapper:
+    """Make close() noop for the wrapped object."""
+
+    def __init__(self, obj):
+        self.obj = obj
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+            if name != "close":
+                return getattr(self.obj, name)(*args, **kwargs)
+        return wrapper
 
 
 class SSHSocket(socket.socket):
@@ -54,11 +69,12 @@ class SSHSocket(socket.socket):
         env.pop('SSL_CERT_FILE', None)
 
         self.proc = subprocess.Popen(
-            args,
+            ' '.join(args),
             env=env,
+            shell=True,
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
             stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
-            preexec_fn=preexec_func)
+            preexec_fn=None if constants.IS_WINDOWS_PLATFORM else preexec_func)
 
     def _write(self, data):
         if not self.proc or self.proc.stdin.closed:
@@ -85,7 +101,7 @@ class SSHSocket(socket.socket):
             self.connect()
         self.proc.stdout.channel = self
 
-        return self.proc.stdout
+        return DontCloseStreamWrapper(self.proc.stdout)
 
     def close(self):
         if not self.proc or self.proc.stdin.closed:
@@ -95,7 +111,7 @@ class SSHSocket(socket.socket):
         self.proc.terminate()
 
 
-class SSHConnection(urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection):
+class SSHConnection(httplib.HTTPConnection):
     def __init__(self, ssh_transport=None, timeout=60, host=None):
         super().__init__(
             'localhost', timeout=timeout
@@ -141,8 +157,8 @@ class SSHConnectionPool(urllib3.connectionpool.HTTPConnectionPool):
         try:
             conn = self.pool.get(block=self.block, timeout=timeout)
 
-        except AttributeError as ae:  # self.pool is None
-            raise urllib3.exceptions.ClosedPoolError(self, "Pool is closed.") from ae
+        except AttributeError:  # self.pool is None
+            raise urllib3.exceptions.ClosedPoolError(self, "Pool is closed.")
 
         except queue.Empty:
             if self.block:
@@ -150,8 +166,8 @@ class SSHConnectionPool(urllib3.connectionpool.HTTPConnectionPool):
                     self,
                     "Pool reached maximum size and no more "
                     "connections are allowed."
-                ) from None
-            # Oh well, we'll create a new connection then
+                )
+            pass  # Oh well, we'll create a new connection then
 
         return conn or self._new_conn()
 
@@ -159,7 +175,7 @@ class SSHConnectionPool(urllib3.connectionpool.HTTPConnectionPool):
 class SSHHTTPAdapter(BaseHTTPAdapter):
 
     __attrs__ = requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter.__attrs__ + [
-        'pools', 'timeout', 'ssh_client', 'ssh_params', 'max_pool_size'
+        'pool', 'timeout', 'ssh_client', 'ssh_params', 'max_pool_size'
     ]
 
     def __init__(self, base_url, timeout=60,
@@ -176,10 +192,8 @@ class SSHHTTPAdapter(BaseHTTPAdapter):
             self.ssh_host = base_url[len('ssh://'):]
 
         self.timeout = timeout
+        self.pool = None
         self.max_pool_size = max_pool_size
-        self.pools = RecentlyUsedContainer(
-            pool_connections, dispose_func=lambda p: p.close()
-        )
         super().__init__()
 
     def _create_paramiko_client(self, base_url):
@@ -199,7 +213,7 @@ class SSHHTTPAdapter(BaseHTTPAdapter):
             host_config = conf.lookup(base_url.hostname)
             if 'proxycommand' in host_config:
                 self.ssh_params["sock"] = paramiko.ProxyCommand(
-                    host_config['proxycommand']
+                    self.ssh_conf['proxycommand']
                 )
             if 'hostname' in host_config:
                 self.ssh_params['hostname'] = host_config['hostname']
@@ -211,38 +225,23 @@ class SSHHTTPAdapter(BaseHTTPAdapter):
                 self.ssh_params['key_filename'] = host_config['identityfile']
 
         self.ssh_client.load_system_host_keys()
-        self.ssh_client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.RejectPolicy())
+        self.ssh_client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.WarningPolicy())
 
     def _connect(self):
         if self.ssh_client:
             self.ssh_client.connect(**self.ssh_params)
 
     def get_connection(self, url, proxies=None):
-        if not self.ssh_client:
-            return SSHConnectionPool(
-                ssh_client=self.ssh_client,
-                timeout=self.timeout,
-                maxsize=self.max_pool_size,
-                host=self.ssh_host
-            )
-        with self.pools.lock:
-            pool = self.pools.get(url)
-            if pool:
-                return pool
-
-            # Connection is closed try a reconnect
+        if self.pool is None:
             if self.ssh_client and not self.ssh_client.get_transport():
                 self._connect()
-
-            pool = SSHConnectionPool(
+            self.pool = SSHConnectionPool(
                 ssh_client=self.ssh_client,
                 timeout=self.timeout,
                 maxsize=self.max_pool_size,
                 host=self.ssh_host
             )
-            self.pools[url] = pool
-
-        return pool
+        return self.pool
 
     def close(self):
         super().close()