diff --git a/lib/private/Http/Client/Client.php b/lib/private/Http/Client/Client.php
index ba4176b1371..78ffe928de6 100644
--- a/lib/private/Http/Client/Client.php
+++ b/lib/private/Http/Client/Client.php
@@ -57,11 +57,7 @@ class Client implements IClient {
 			// Prefer HTTP/2 globally (PSR-7 request version)
 			RequestOptions::VERSION => '2.0',
 		];
-		// cURL hint: Prefer HTTP/2 (with ALPN); automatically falls back to 1.1.
-		$defaults['curl'][\CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION]
-			= \defined('CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS') ? \CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS
-			: (\defined('CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0') ? \CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0
-			: \CURL_HTTP_VERSION_NONE);
+		$defaults['curl'][\CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION] = \CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS;
 
 		$options['nextcloud']['allow_local_address'] = $this->isLocalAddressAllowed($options);
 		if ($options['nextcloud']['allow_local_address'] === false) {
diff --git a/tests/lib/Http/Client/ClientTest.php b/tests/lib/Http/Client/ClientTest.php
index 795168bb8de..69668e7da51 100644
--- a/tests/lib/Http/Client/ClientTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/Http/Client/ClientTest.php
@@ -278,11 +278,6 @@ class ClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 
 		$acceptEnc = function_exists('brotli_uncompress') ? 'br, gzip' : 'gzip';
 
-		// compute curl http version hint like in production code
-		$curlVersion = \defined('CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS')
-			? \CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS
-			: (\defined('CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0') ? \CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0 : \CURL_HTTP_VERSION_NONE);
-
 		$this->defaultRequestOptions = [
 			'verify' => '/my/path.crt',
 			'proxy' => [
@@ -299,7 +294,7 @@ class ClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 			],
 			'version' => '2.0',
 			'curl' => [
-				\CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => $curlVersion,
+				\CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => \CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS,
 			],
 		];
 	}
@@ -479,11 +474,6 @@ class ClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 
 		$acceptEnc = function_exists('brotli_uncompress') ? 'br, gzip' : 'gzip';
 
-		// compute curl http version hint like in production code
-		$curlVersion = \defined('CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS')
-			? \CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS
-			: (\defined('CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0') ? \CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0 : \CURL_HTTP_VERSION_NONE);
-
 		$this->assertEquals([
 			'verify' => \OC::$SERVERROOT . '/resources/config/ca-bundle.crt',
 			'headers' => [
@@ -504,7 +494,7 @@ class ClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 			],
 			'version' => '2.0',
 			'curl' => [
-				\CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => $curlVersion,
+				\CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => \CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS,
 			],
 		], self::invokePrivate($this->client, 'buildRequestOptions', [[]]));
 	}
@@ -537,11 +527,6 @@ class ClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 
 		$acceptEnc = function_exists('brotli_uncompress') ? 'br, gzip' : 'gzip';
 
-		// compute curl http version hint like in production code
-		$curlVersion = \defined('CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS')
-			? \CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS
-			: (\defined('CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0') ? \CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0 : \CURL_HTTP_VERSION_NONE);
-
 		$this->assertEquals([
 			'verify' => '/my/path.crt',
 			'proxy' => [
@@ -566,7 +551,7 @@ class ClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 			],
 			'version' => '2.0',
 			'curl' => [
-				\CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => $curlVersion,
+				\CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => \CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS,
 			],
 		], self::invokePrivate($this->client, 'buildRequestOptions', [[]]));
 	}
@@ -599,11 +584,6 @@ class ClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 
 		$acceptEnc = function_exists('brotli_uncompress') ? 'br, gzip' : 'gzip';
 
-		// compute curl http version hint like in production code
-		$curlVersion = \defined('CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS')
-			? \CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS
-			: (\defined('CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0') ? \CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0 : \CURL_HTTP_VERSION_NONE);
-
 		$this->assertEquals([
 			'verify' => '/my/path.crt',
 			'proxy' => [
@@ -629,7 +609,7 @@ class ClientTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 			],
 			'version' => '2.0',
 			'curl' => [
-				\CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => $curlVersion,
+				\CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => \CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2TLS,
 			],
 		], self::invokePrivate($this->client, 'buildRequestOptions', [[]]));
 	}