diff --git a/lib/vtls/rustls.c b/lib/vtls/rustls.c
index d5247f936..03fe2b224 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/rustls.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/rustls.c
@@ -332,15 +332,6 @@ cr_init_backend(struct Curl_easy *data, struct connectdata *conn,
       return CURLE_SSL_CACERT_BADFILE;
     }
   }
-  else {
-    result = rustls_client_config_builder_load_native_roots(config_builder);
-    if(result != RUSTLS_RESULT_OK) {
-      failf(data, "failed to load trusted certificates");
-      rustls_client_config_free(
-        rustls_client_config_builder_build(config_builder));
-      return CURLE_SSL_CACERT_BADFILE;
-    }
-  }
 
   backend->config = rustls_client_config_builder_build(config_builder);
   DEBUGASSERT(rconn == NULL);
diff --git a/m4/curl-rustls.m4 b/m4/curl-rustls.m4
index 6f8ea4ff8..2ac34b366 100644
--- a/m4/curl-rustls.m4
+++ b/m4/curl-rustls.m4
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ if test "x$OPT_RUSTLS" != xno; then
       rustlslib=$OPT_RUSTLS/lib$libsuff
 
       LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $addld"
-      if (test -d "/System/Library/Frameworks/Security.framework" && test "x$cross_compiling" != "xyes"); then
-        LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -framework CoreFoundation -framework Security"
-      fi
       if test "$addcflags" != "-I/usr/include"; then
          CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $addcflags"
       fi