diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/getpostscript.awk b/xCAT/postscripts/getpostscript.awk
index b4ae4e633..28823d3a3 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/getpostscript.awk
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/getpostscript.awk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/awk -f
 BEGIN {
         if (ENVIRON["USEOPENSSLFORXCAT"]) {
-            server = "openssl s_client -no_ssl3 -no_ssl2 -connect " ENVIRON["XCATSERVER"] " -rand /bin/nice 2> /dev/null"
+            server = "openssl s_client -no_ssl3 -connect " ENVIRON["XCATSERVER"] " 2> /dev/null"
         } else {
             server = "/inet/tcp/0/127.0.0.1/400"
         }
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/startsyncfiles b/xCAT/postscripts/startsyncfiles
index 1f1be4fc2..9f9b79d15 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/startsyncfiles
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/startsyncfiles
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ while read LINE;do
         RET=${RET%<*}
         [ "$RET" != "0" ] && RETCODE=1
     fi
-done < <(openssl s_client -no_ssl3 -no_ssl2 -connect $MASTER_IP:$XCATDPORT -ign_eof -quiet <<<$REQUEST)
+done < <(openssl s_client -no_ssl3 -connect $MASTER_IP:$XCATDPORT -ign_eof -quiet <<<$REQUEST)
 
 rm -rf $RESPFILE
 exit $RETCODE
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/startsyncfiles.awk b/xCAT/postscripts/startsyncfiles.awk
index 88f5a9e4a..4855cee0f 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/startsyncfiles.awk
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/startsyncfiles.awk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/awk -f
 BEGIN {
   if (ENVIRON["USEOPENSSLFORXCAT"]) {
-      server = "openssl s_client -no_ssl3 -no_ssl2 -connect " ENVIRON["XCATSERVER"] " 2> /dev/null"
+      server = "openssl s_client -no_ssl3 -connect " ENVIRON["XCATSERVER"] " 2> /dev/null"
   } else {
       server = "/inet/tcp/0/127.0.0.1/400"
   }