diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_http.cc b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_http.cc
index 03cf3102f5..af0fa8a092 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_http.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_http.cc
@@ -52,6 +52,20 @@ using namespace ArdourCurl;
 const char* HttpGet::ca_path = NULL;
 const char* HttpGet::ca_info = NULL;
 
+void
+HttpGet::ca_setopt (CURL* c)
+{
+	if (ca_info) {
+		curl_easy_setopt (c, CURLOPT_CAINFO, ca_info);
+	}
+	if (ca_path) {
+		curl_easy_setopt (c, CURLOPT_CAPATH, ca_path);
+	}
+	if (ca_info || ca_path) {
+		curl_easy_setopt (c, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 1);
+	}
+}
+
 void
 HttpGet::setup_certificate_paths ()
 {
@@ -162,15 +176,8 @@ HttpGet::HttpGet (bool p, bool ssl)
 	// cc= curl_easy_setopt (_curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1); CCERR ("CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION");
 
 	// by default use curl's default.
-	if (ssl && ca_info) {
-		curl_easy_setopt (_curl, CURLOPT_CAINFO, ca_info);
-	}
-	if (ssl && ca_path) {
-		curl_easy_setopt (_curl, CURLOPT_CAPATH, ca_path);
-	}
-
-	if (ssl && (ca_info || ca_path)) {
-		curl_easy_setopt (_curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 1);
+	if (ssl) {
+		ca_setopt (_curl);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_http.h b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_http.h
index 32215c8c4a..b4d8439549 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_http.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_http.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 namespace ArdourCurl {
 
 class HttpGet {
-	public:
+public:
 	HttpGet (bool persist = false, bool ssl = true);
 	~HttpGet ();
 
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ class HttpGet {
 	// called from fixup_bundle_environment
 	static void setup_certificate_paths ();
 
-	private:
+	static void ca_setopt (CURL*);
+
+private:
 	CURL* _curl;
 	bool  persist;
 
@@ -94,8 +96,6 @@ class HttpGet {
 char* http_get (const char* url, int* status, bool with_error_logging);
 std::string http_get (const std::string& url, bool with_error_logging);
 
-
-
 } // namespace
 
 #endif /* __gtk_ardour_http_h__ */