diff --color -ru a/lib/priority.c b/lib/priority.c
--- a/lib/priority.c	2022-01-14 07:53:21.000000000 +0100
+++ b/lib/priority.c	2022-02-15 09:31:36.388485784 +0100
@@ -2030,15 +2030,6 @@
 		additional++;
 	}
 
-	/* Always try to refresh the cached data, to allow it to be
-	 * updated without restarting all applications.
-	 */
-	ret = _gnutls_update_system_priorities();
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		_gnutls_debug_log("failed to update system priorities: %s\n",
-				  gnutls_strerror(ret));
-	}
-
 	do {
 		ss_next = strchr(ss, ',');
 		if (ss_next) {