diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index dae1804c2..e1aae0b67 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   private
 
   def https_enabled?
-    Rails.env.production? && ENV['LOCAL_HTTPS'] == 'true'
+    Rails.env.production?
   end
 
   def store_current_location
diff --git a/spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb
index 6a54a78c5..51c0e3c70 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb
@@ -47,22 +47,18 @@ describe ApplicationController, type: :controller do
     include_examples 'respond_with_error', 422
   end
 
-  it "does not force ssl if LOCAL_HTTPS is not 'true'" do
+  it "does not force ssl if Rails.env.production? is not 'true'" do
     routes.draw { get 'success' => 'anonymous#success' }
-    ClimateControl.modify LOCAL_HTTPS: '' do
-      allow(Rails.env).to receive(:production?).and_return(true)
-      get 'success'
-      expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
-    end
+    allow(Rails.env).to receive(:production?).and_return(false)
+    get 'success'
+    expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
   end
 
-  it "forces ssl if LOCAL_HTTPS is 'true'" do
+  it "forces ssl if Rails.env.production? is 'true'" do
     routes.draw { get 'success' => 'anonymous#success' }
-    ClimateControl.modify LOCAL_HTTPS: 'true' do
-      allow(Rails.env).to receive(:production?).and_return(true)
-      get 'success'
-      expect(response).to redirect_to('https://test.host/success')
-    end
+    allow(Rails.env).to receive(:production?).and_return(true)
+    get 'success'
+    expect(response).to redirect_to('https://test.host/success')
   end
 
   describe 'helper_method :current_account' do
diff --git a/spec/rails_helper.rb b/spec/rails_helper.rb
index 67c6b9205..4f7399505 100644
--- a/spec/rails_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_helper.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.include ActiveSupport::Testing::TimeHelpers
 
   config.before :each, type: :feature do
-    https = Rails.env.production? || ENV['LOCAL_HTTPS'] == 'true'
+    https = ENV['LOCAL_HTTPS'] == 'true'
     Capybara.app_host = "http#{https ? 's' : ''}://#{ENV.fetch('LOCAL_DOMAIN')}"
   end