diff --git a/history.md b/history.md
index e0ad47d..4f79715 100644
--- a/history.md
+++ b/history.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 - Drop support for Ruby 1.9.2
 - Change default Accept header to `*/*`
 - Use a more descriptive User-Agent header by default
+- Drop RC4-MD5 from default cipher list (will have no affect on most users)
 
 # 1.7.2
 
diff --git a/lib/restclient/request.rb b/lib/restclient/request.rb
index 7e7c967..024e3fd 100644
--- a/lib/restclient/request.rb
+++ b/lib/restclient/request.rb
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ module RestClient
       new(args).execute(& block)
     end
 
-    # This is similar to the list now in ruby core, but adds HIGH and RC4-MD5
-    # for better compatibility (similar to Firefox) and moves AES-GCM cipher
-    # suites above DHE/ECDHE CBC suites (similar to Chromium).
+    # This is similar to the list now in ruby core, but adds HIGH for better
+    # compatibility (similar to Firefox) and moves AES-GCM cipher suites above
+    # DHE/ECDHE CBC suites (similar to Chromium).
     # https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/699b209cf8cf11809620e12985ad33ae33b119ee
     #
     # This list will be used by default if the Ruby global OpenSSL default
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ module RestClient
 
       HIGH
       +RC4
-      RC4-MD5
     }.join(":")
 
     # A set of weak default ciphers that we will override by default.