diff --git a/rb/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/persistent.rb b/rb/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/persistent.rb
index ee71e5aeedf44..10ea3fa2042bf 100644
--- a/rb/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/persistent.rb
+++ b/rb/lib/selenium/webdriver/remote/http/persistent.rb
@@ -46,12 +46,7 @@ def new_http_client
               proxy = URI.parse(url)
             end
 
-            if Net::HTTP::Persistent::VERSION >= '3'
-              Net::HTTP::Persistent.new name: 'webdriver', proxy: proxy
-            else
-              WebDriver.logger.warn 'Support for this version of net-http-persistent is deprecated. Please upgrade.'
-              Net::HTTP::Persistent.new 'webdriver', proxy
-            end
+            Net::HTTP::Persistent.new name: 'webdriver', proxy: proxy
           end
 
           def response_for(request)