diff --git a/lib/provider.js b/lib/provider.js
index b7acd7c2b..7d236093e 100644
--- a/lib/provider.js
+++ b/lib/provider.js
@@ -286,14 +286,6 @@ class Provider extends events.EventEmitter {
   get defaultHttpOptions() { return instance(this).defaultHttpOptions; }
 
   set defaultHttpOptions(value) {
-    /* eslint-disable no-param-reassign */
-    // TODO: deprecate
-    /* istanbul ignore if */
-    if (value.retries) {
-      value.retry = value.retries;
-      delete value.retries;
-    }
-    /* eslint-enable no-param-reassign */
     instance(this).defaultHttpOptions = merge({
       headers: { 'User-Agent': defaultUserAgent(this.issuer) },
     }, DEFAULT_HTTP_OPTIONS, value);