diff --git a/SoftLayer/transports.py b/SoftLayer/transports.py
index 56eb14e7c..298e77f4d 100644
--- a/SoftLayer/transports.py
+++ b/SoftLayer/transports.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 import requests
 from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
-from urllib3.util.retry import Retry
 
 from SoftLayer import consts
 from SoftLayer import exceptions
@@ -50,8 +49,7 @@ def get_session(user_agent):
         'Content-Type': 'application/json',
         'User-Agent': user_agent,
     })
-    retry = Retry(connect=3, backoff_factor=3)
-    adapter = HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retry)
+    adapter = HTTPAdapter()
     client.mount('https://', adapter)
     return client