Suppress InsecureRequestWarning: Unverified HTTPS request is being made in Python2.6

I am writing scripts in Python2.6 with use of pyVmomi and while using one of the connection methods: service_instance = connect.SmartConnect(host=args.ip, user=args.user, pwd=args.password) I get the following warning: /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/requests/packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py:734: InsecureRequestWarning: Unverified HTTPS request is being made. Adding certificate verification is strongly advised. See: https://urllib3.readthedocs.org/en/latest/security.html InsecureRequestWarning) What’s interesting is that I do not have urllib3 installed … Read more