diff --git a/.changes/updater-remove-ssl-cert-env.md b/.changes/updater-remove-ssl-cert-env.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..263f3fbde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/updater-remove-ssl-cert-env.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"updater": patch:bug
+"updater-js": patch:bug
+---
+
+On Linux, `check()` no longer sets `SSL_CERT_FILE` and `SSL_CERT_DIR` to Debian paths. The override pointed rustls to files that do not exist on distros with a different layout, such as ALT Linux, and left every TLS client in the app without root certificates.
diff --git a/plugins/updater/src/updater.rs b/plugins/updater/src/updater.rs
index d04a19cdb..809cd0065 100644
--- a/plugins/updater/src/updater.rs
+++ b/plugins/updater/src/updater.rs
@@ -539,16 +539,6 @@ impl Updater {
             headers.insert(ACCEPT, HeaderValue::from_static("application/json"));
         }
 
-        // Set SSL certs for linux if they aren't available.
-        #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-        {
-            if std::env::var_os("SSL_CERT_FILE").is_none() {
-                std::env::set_var("SSL_CERT_FILE", "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt");
-            }
-            if std::env::var_os("SSL_CERT_DIR").is_none() {
-                std::env::set_var("SSL_CERT_DIR", "/etc/ssl/certs");
-            }
-        }
         let target = if let Some(target) = &self.target {
             target
         } else {