diff --git a/docker/ssladapter/ssladapter.py b/docker/ssladapter/ssladapter.py
index b653b68a..5b43aa2e 100644
--- a/docker/ssladapter/ssladapter.py
+++ b/docker/ssladapter/ssladapter.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 """
 from distutils.version import StrictVersion
 from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
-import ssl
 
 try:
     import requests.packages.urllib3 as urllib3
@@ -14,20 +13,10 @@ except ImportError:
 PoolManager = urllib3.poolmanager.PoolManager
 
 
-def get_max_tls_protocol():
-    protocols = ('PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2',
-                 'PROTOCOL_TLSv1_1',
-                 'PROTOCOL_TLSv1')
-    for proto in protocols:
-        if hasattr(ssl, proto):
-            return getattr(ssl, proto)
-
-
 class SSLAdapter(HTTPAdapter):
     '''An HTTPS Transport Adapter that uses an arbitrary SSL version.'''
     def __init__(self, ssl_version=None, assert_hostname=None,
                  assert_fingerprint=None, **kwargs):
-        ssl_version = ssl_version or get_max_tls_protocol()
         self.ssl_version = ssl_version
         self.assert_hostname = assert_hostname
         self.assert_fingerprint = assert_fingerprint
@@ -41,7 +30,7 @@ class SSLAdapter(HTTPAdapter):
             'assert_hostname': self.assert_hostname,
             'assert_fingerprint': self.assert_fingerprint,
         }
-        if self.can_override_ssl_version():
+        if self.ssl_version and self.can_override_ssl_version():
             kwargs['ssl_version'] = self.ssl_version
 
         self.poolmanager = PoolManager(**kwargs)
diff --git a/docker/tls.py b/docker/tls.py
index 94d736b1..c6d0f6cc 100644
--- a/docker/tls.py
+++ b/docker/tls.py
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ class TLSConfig(object):
         # here, but also disable any public/default CA pool verification by
         # leaving tls_verify=False
 
-        # urllib3 sets a default ssl_version if ssl_version is None,
-        # but that default is the vulnerable PROTOCOL_SSLv23 selection,
-        # so we override the default with the maximum supported in the running
-        # Python interpeter up to TLS 1.2. (see: http://tinyurl.com/kxga8hb)
-        ssl_version = ssl_version or ssladapter.get_max_tls_protocol()
         self.ssl_version = ssl_version
         self.assert_hostname = assert_hostname
         self.assert_fingerprint = assert_fingerprint
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils_test.py b/tests/unit/utils_test.py
index 63ea10e7..01d72688 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/utils_test.py
@@ -12,9 +12,17 @@ import tempfile
 import pytest
 import six
 
+try:
+    from ssl import OP_NO_SSLv3, OP_NO_SSLv2, OP_NO_TLSv1
+except ImportError:
+    OP_NO_SSLv2 = 0x1000000
+    OP_NO_SSLv3 = 0x2000000
+    OP_NO_TLSv1 = 0x4000000
+
 from docker.client import Client
 from docker.constants import DEFAULT_DOCKER_API_VERSION
 from docker.errors import DockerException, InvalidVersion
+from docker.ssladapter import ssladapter
 from docker.utils import (
     parse_repository_tag, parse_host, convert_filters, kwargs_from_env,
     create_host_config, Ulimit, LogConfig, parse_bytes, parse_env_file,
@@ -872,3 +880,12 @@ class TarTest(base.Cleanup, base.BaseTestCase):
             self.assertEqual(
                 sorted(tar_data.getnames()), ['bar', 'bar/foo', 'foo']
             )
+
+
+class SSLAdapterTest(base.BaseTestCase):
+    def test_only_uses_tls(self):
+        ssl_context = ssladapter.urllib3.util.ssl_.create_urllib3_context()
+
+        assert ssl_context.options & OP_NO_SSLv3
+        assert ssl_context.options & OP_NO_SSLv2
+        assert not ssl_context.options & OP_NO_TLSv1