diff --git a/wp-includes/class-wp-http-curl.php b/wp-includes/class-wp-http-curl.php
index b7382da320..d59ddecfad 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-wp-http-curl.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-wp-http-curl.php
@@ -133,7 +133,11 @@ class WP_Http_Curl {
 		curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
 		curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, ( $ssl_verify === true ) ? 2 : false );
 		curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, $ssl_verify );
-		curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_CAINFO, $r['sslcertificates'] );
+
+		if ( $ssl_verify ) {
+			curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_CAINFO, $r['sslcertificates'] );
+		}
+
 		curl_setopt( $handle, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $r['user-agent'] );
 
 		/*
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 478e94f9a9..3a80c70b67 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.4-alpha-34638';
+$wp_version = '4.4-alpha-34639';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.