diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/ssl.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/ssl.rb
index c758110367..39b27ecbf9 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/ssl.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/ssl.rb
@@ -13,14 +13,11 @@ module ActionDispatch
       @hsts = {} if @hsts == true
       @hsts = self.class.default_hsts_options.merge(@hsts) if @hsts
 
-      @exclude = options[:exclude]
       @host    = options[:host]
       @port    = options[:port]
     end
 
     def call(env)
-      return @app.call(env) if exclude?(env)
-
       request = Request.new(env)
 
       if request.ssl?
@@ -34,10 +31,6 @@ module ActionDispatch
     end
 
     private
-      def exclude?(env)
-        @exclude && @exclude.call(env)
-      end
-
       def redirect_to_https(request)
         url        = URI(request.url)
         url.scheme = "https"
diff --git a/actionpack/test/dispatch/ssl_test.rb b/actionpack/test/dispatch/ssl_test.rb
index b1463f31cf..f4cfa75501 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/dispatch/ssl_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/dispatch/ssl_test.rb
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ class SSLTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
       response.headers['Location']
   end
 
-  def test_exclude_from_redirect
-    self.app = ActionDispatch::SSL.new(default_app, :exclude => lambda { |env| true })
-    get "http://example.org/"
-    assert_response :success
-  end
-
   def test_hsts_header_by_default
     get "https://example.org/"
     assert_equal "max-age=31536000",