diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 17ad36a..0855b95 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ the following volumes are expected to be mounted.
 
 - ~/var/guix/daemon-socket/socket~ :: the ~guix-daemon~ socket
 - ~/gnu/store~ :: The hosts guix store
-- ~/etc/ssl~ :: The hosts ssl certificates (required for ~guix time-machine ...~ commands)
 
 Additionally, for ~guix~ to function appropriately, the ~HOME~ environment variable must be
 set. This allows guix to store its cache (mandatory for many operations, eg ~guix pull~).
@@ -62,9 +61,8 @@ invocations. To do so, mount a volume to ~$HOME/.cache/guix~ (replacing ~$HOME~
 will be set to within the container).
 
 SSL certificates are included and configured for use in the container (via the ~nss-certs~
-package). Its important to note that if a users mounts their guix hosts certificates, they
-must also mount its store as the certificate files in /etc/ssl/certs will be links to files
-in the store.
+package). Its not supported to use your hosts certificates, as they may be incompatible with
+openssl inside of the container.
 
 A complete example is given below, where the aforementioned volumes are mounted, ~HOME~ is
 set to ~/tmp~, and a volume for retaining the guix cache between invocations is put in place.