diff --git a/arrow-flight/src/bin/flight_sql_client.rs b/arrow-flight/src/bin/flight_sql_client.rs
index 7b9e34898ac8..8f0618f495bc 100644
--- a/arrow-flight/src/bin/flight_sql_client.rs
+++ b/arrow-flight/src/bin/flight_sql_client.rs
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ async fn setup_client(args: ClientArgs) -> Result<FlightSqlServiceClient<Channel
         .keep_alive_while_idle(true);
 
     if args.tls {
-        let tls_config = ClientTlsConfig::new().with_enabled_roots();
+        let tls_config = ClientTlsConfig::new();
         endpoint = endpoint
             .tls_config(tls_config)
             .context("create TLS endpoint")?;