--- a/requests/adapters.py
+++ b/requests/adapters.py
@@ -132,9 +132,6 @@
             if not cert_loc:
                 cert_loc = DEFAULT_CA_BUNDLE_PATH
 
-            if not cert_loc:
-                raise Exception("Could not find a suitable SSL CA certificate bundle.")
-
             conn.cert_reqs = 'CERT_REQUIRED'
             conn.ca_certs = cert_loc
         else:
--- a/requests/certs.py
+++ b/requests/certs.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 def where():
     """Return the preferred certificate bundle."""
     # vendored bundle inside Requests
-    return os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'cacert.pem')
+    return '/etc/ssl/certs/'
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     print(where())
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-include README.rst LICENSE NOTICE HISTORY.rst test_requests.py requirements.txt requests/cacert.pem
+include README.rst LICENSE NOTICE HISTORY.rst test_requests.py requirements.txt
--- a/requests.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
+++ b/requests.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 requests/adapters.py
 requests/api.py
 requests/auth.py
-requests/cacert.pem
 requests/certs.py
 requests/compat.py
 requests/cookies.py
@@ -82,4 +81,4 @@
 requests/packages/urllib3/packages/__init__.py
 requests/packages/urllib3/packages/ordered_dict.py
 requests/packages/urllib3/packages/six.py
-requests/packages/urllib3/packages/ssl_match_hostname/__init__.py
\ No newline at end of file
+requests/packages/urllib3/packages/ssl_match_hostname/__init__.py