diff --git a/environment/env.startup.yaml b/environment/env.startup.yaml
index 1edbbd43c47c1b5698f66d32284b26b6945c37cf..069ecc72ed073c9db26973a4bb65d5121507c493 100644
--- a/environment/env.startup.yaml
+++ b/environment/env.startup.yaml
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ LDAP_TLS_CA_CRT_FILENAME: ca.crt
 
 LDAP_TLS_ENFORCE: true
 LDAP_TLS_CIPHER_SUITE: SECURE256:+SECURE128:-VERS-TLS-ALL:+VERS-TLS1.2:-RSA:-DHE-DSS:-CAMELLIA-128-CBC:-CAMELLIA-256-CBC
-LDAP_TLS_VERIFY_CLIENT: demand
+LDAP_TLS_VERIFY_CLIENT: never