--- a/src/urllib3/__init__.py
+++ b/src/urllib3/__init__.py
@@ -22,27 +22,10 @@
 from .util.retry import Retry
 from .util.timeout import Timeout
 
-# Ensure that Python is compiled with OpenSSL 1.1.1+
-# If the 'ssl' module isn't available at all that's
-# fine, we only care if the module is available.
 try:
     import ssl
 except ImportError:
     pass
-else:
-    if not ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION.startswith("OpenSSL "):  # Defensive:
-        warnings.warn(
-            "urllib3 v2.0 only supports OpenSSL 1.1.1+, currently "
-            f"the 'ssl' module is compiled with {ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION!r}. "
-            "See: https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/issues/3020",
-            exceptions.NotOpenSSLWarning,
-        )
-    elif ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION_INFO < (1, 1, 1):  # Defensive:
-        raise ImportError(
-            "urllib3 v2.0 only supports OpenSSL 1.1.1+, currently "
-            f"the 'ssl' module is compiled with {ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION!r}. "
-            "See: https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/issues/2168"
-        )
 
 # === NOTE TO REPACKAGERS AND VENDORS ===
 # Please delete this block, this logic is only