diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1de4c0e..eb58996 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ var/
 #  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
 #  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
 *.manifest
-*.spec
 
 # Installer logs
 pip-log.txt
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9b9f66a..0f6adff 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@ jsonpatch
 jsonpath_rw
 jsonpointer
 validictory
-urlparse2
 six
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 554736f..6ea1209 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@ description-file = README.rst
 requires = jsonpatch >= 1.3
 	jsonpath-rw >= 1.3.0
 	jsonpointer >= 1.1
-	urlparse2 >= 1.1.1
 	validictory >= 1.0.1
-	ilorest_chif >= 2.3
\ No newline at end of file
+	ilorest_chif >= 2.3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3f97911..59cc4fd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,6 +21,5 @@ setup(name='python-ilorest-library',
           'jsonpath_rw',
           'jsonpointer',
           'validictory',
-          'urlparse2',
           'six'
       ])
diff --git a/src/redfish/rest/v1.py b/src/redfish/rest/v1.py
index e6816a9..d851425 100644
--- a/src/redfish/rest/v1.py
+++ b/src/redfish/rest/v1.py
@@ -535,7 +535,8 @@ class RestClientBase(object):
         url = url if url else self.__url
         if url.scheme.upper() == "HTTPS":
             if sys.version_info < (2, 7, 9):
-                self._conn = http_client.HTTPSConnection(url.netloc, timeout=30)
+                self._conn = http_client.HTTPSConnection(url.netloc, \
+                    context=ssl._create_unverified_context(), timeout=30)
             else:
                 self._conn = http_client.HTTPSConnection(url.netloc, \
                     context=ssl._create_unverified_context(), timeout=30)
diff --git a/src/redfish/ris/rmc_helper.py b/src/redfish/ris/rmc_helper.py
index e30ad19..78c4caa 100644
--- a/src/redfish/ris/rmc_helper.py
+++ b/src/redfish/ris/rmc_helper.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import json
 import errno
 import logging
 import hashlib
-import urlparse2
+import urlparse
 import redfish.rest
 
 from .ris import (RisMonolith)
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class RmcClient(object):
 
     def get_cache_dirname(self):
         """The rest client's current base URL converted to path"""
-        parts = urlparse2.urlparse(self.get_base_url())
+        parts = urlparse.urlparse(self.get_base_url())
         pathstr = '%s/%s' % (parts.netloc, parts.path)
         return pathstr.replace('//', '/')