diff --git a/arango/http.py b/arango/http.py
index dbd0a555..b05182d4 100644
--- a/arango/http.py
+++ b/arango/http.py
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ def init_poolmanager(
             dict(
                 num_pools=connections,
                 maxsize=maxsize,
-                strict=True,
                 timeout=self._connection_timeout,
             )
         )