diff --git a/lib/LWP/Protocol/https.pm b/lib/LWP/Protocol/https.pm
index 16fce19..b1a18df 100644
--- a/lib/LWP/Protocol/https.pm
+++ b/lib/LWP/Protocol/https.pm
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ sub _extra_sock_opts
             $ssl_opts{SSL_verifycn_scheme} = 'none';
         }
     }
-    if ($ssl_opts{SSL_verify_mode}) {
+    my $suse_allows_mozilla_ca = 0;
+    if ($suse_allows_mozilla_ca && $ssl_opts{SSL_verify_mode}) {
         unless (exists $ssl_opts{SSL_ca_file} || exists $ssl_opts{SSL_ca_path}) {
             if ($Net::HTTPS::SSL_SOCKET_CLASS eq 'IO::Socket::SSL'
                 && defined &IO::Socket::SSL::default_ca