diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
index 5c8b36f56e..07c166cc22 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class TwitterExtractor(Extractor):
     cookiedomain = ".twitter.com"
     cookienames = ("auth_token",)
     root = "https://twitter.com"
+    tls12 = False
 
     def __init__(self, match):
         Extractor.__init__(self, match)