diff --git a/ch03.asciidoc b/ch03.asciidoc
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--- a/ch03.asciidoc
+++ b/ch03.asciidoc
@@ -963,8 +963,7 @@ Object Notation and it is a very convenient way to present data that
 both humans and programs can easily read. RPC stands for Remote
 Procedure Call, which means that we are calling procedures (functions)
 that are remote (on the Bitcoin Core node) via a network protocol. In
-this case, the network protocol is HTTP, or HTTPS (for encrypted
-connections).
+this case, the network protocol is HTTP.
 
 When we used the +bitcoin-cli+ command to get help on a command, it
 showed us an example of using +curl+, the versatile command-line HTTP