diff --git a/getssl b/getssl
index 7829b566..2f8b968c 100755
--- a/getssl
+++ b/getssl
@@ -1115,14 +1115,14 @@ copy_file_to_location() { # copies a file, using scp, sftp or ftp if required.
           SFTP_PORT=":990"
         fi
         # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-        debug curl ${_NOMETER} $FTPS_OPTIONS --ftp-ssl --ftp-ssl-reqd -u "${ftpuser}:${ftppass}" -T "${fromdir}/${fromfile}" "ftps://${ftphost}${SFTP_PORT}/${ftpdirn}/"
+        debug curl ${_NOMETER} $FTPS_OPTIONS --ssl-reqd -u "${ftpuser}:${ftppass}" -T "${fromdir}/${fromfile}" "ftps://${ftphost}${SFTP_PORT}/${ftpdirn}/"
         # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-        curl ${_NOMETER} $FTPS_OPTIONS --ftp-ssl-reqd -u "${ftpuser}:${ftppass}" -T "${fromdir}/${fromfile}" "ftps://${ftphost}${SFTP_PORT}/${ftpdirn}/"
+        curl ${_NOMETER} $FTPS_OPTIONS --ssl-reqd -u "${ftpuser}:${ftppass}" -T "${fromdir}/${fromfile}" "ftps://${ftphost}${SFTP_PORT}/${ftpdirn}/"
       else
         # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-        debug curl ${_NOMETER} $FTPS_OPTIONS --ftp-ssl --ftp-ssl-reqd -u "${ftpuser}:${ftppass}" -T "${fromdir}/${fromfile}" "ftp://${ftphost}${SFTP_PORT}/${ftpdirn}/"
+        debug curl ${_NOMETER} $FTPS_OPTIONS --ssl-reqd -u "${ftpuser}:${ftppass}" -T "${fromdir}/${fromfile}" "ftp://${ftphost}${SFTP_PORT}/${ftpdirn}/"
         # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-        curl ${_NOMETER} $FTPS_OPTIONS --ftp-ssl-reqd -u "${ftpuser}:${ftppass}" -T "${fromdir}/${fromfile}" "ftp://${ftphost}${SFTP_PORT}/${ftpdirn}/"
+        curl ${_NOMETER} $FTPS_OPTIONS --ssl-reqd -u "${ftpuser}:${ftppass}" -T "${fromdir}/${fromfile}" "ftp://${ftphost}${SFTP_PORT}/${ftpdirn}/"
       fi
     else
       if ! mkdir -p "$(dirname "$to")" ; then
@@ -1620,10 +1620,10 @@ for d in "${alldomains[@]}"; do
             if [[ "${to:0:5}" == "ftps:" ]] ; then
               [ -z "$FTP_PORT" ] && SFTP_PORT=":990"
                 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-                curl ${_NOMETER} $FTPS_OPTIONS --ftp-ssl --ftp-ssl-reqd -u "${ftpuser}:${ftppass}" --silent -Q "DELE /${ftplocn}/${token:?}}" "ftp://${ftphost}${SFTP_PORT}/${ftplocn}/"
+                curl ${_NOMETER} $FTPS_OPTIONS --ssl-reqd -u "${ftpuser}:${ftppass}" --silent -Q "DELE /${ftplocn}/${token:?}}" "ftp://${ftphost}${SFTP_PORT}/${ftplocn}/"
             else
                 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-                curl ${_NOMETER} $FTPS_OPTIONS --ftp-ssl --ftp-ssl-reqd -u "${ftpuser}:${ftppass}" --silent -Q "DELE /${ftplocn}/${token:?}" "ftp://${ftphost}${SFTP_PORT}/${ftplocn}/"
+                curl ${_NOMETER} $FTPS_OPTIONS --ssl-reqd -u "${ftpuser}:${ftppass}" --silent -Q "DELE /${ftplocn}/${token:?}" "ftp://${ftphost}${SFTP_PORT}/${ftplocn}/"
             fi
         else
           rm -f "${t_loc:?}/${token:?}"