diff --git a/cert/ca.go b/cert/ca.go
index 0899146b1..cfb99c220 100644
--- a/cert/ca.go
+++ b/cert/ca.go
@@ -32,29 +32,29 @@ func NewCAPoolFromBytes(caPEMs []byte) (*NebulaCAPool, []error, error) {
 	pool := NewCAPool()
 	var err error
 	var warnings []error
-	var expired bool
+	good := 0
+
 	for {
 		caPEMs, err = pool.AddCACertificate(caPEMs)
 		if errors.Is(err, ErrExpired) {
-			expired = true
-			err = nil
+			warnings = append(warnings, err)
 		} else if errors.Is(err, ErrInvalidPEMCertificateUnsupported) {
 			warnings = append(warnings, err)
-			err = nil
-		}
-		if err != nil {
+		} else if err != nil {
 			return nil, warnings, err
+		} else {
+			// Only consider a good certificate if there were no errors present
+			good++
 		}
+
 		if len(caPEMs) == 0 || strings.TrimSpace(string(caPEMs)) == "" {
 			break
 		}
 	}
-	if len(pool.CAs) == 0 {
+
+	if good == 0 {
 		return nil, warnings, errors.New("no valid CA certificates present")
 	}
-	if expired {
-		return pool, warnings, ErrExpired
-	}
 
 	return pool, warnings, nil
 }
diff --git a/pki.go b/pki.go
index d5d806c6f..e5845d1cc 100644
--- a/pki.go
+++ b/pki.go
@@ -227,20 +227,9 @@ func loadCAPoolFromConfig(l *logrus.Logger, c *config.C) (*cert.NebulaCAPool, er
 	for _, w := range warnings {
 		l.WithError(w).Warn("parsing a CA certificate failed")
 	}
-	if errors.Is(err, cert.ErrExpired) {
-		var expired int
-		for _, crt := range caPool.CAs {
-			if crt.Expired(time.Now()) {
-				expired++
-				l.WithField("cert", crt).Warn("expired certificate present in CA pool")
-			}
-		}
 
-		if expired >= len(caPool.CAs) {
-			return nil, errors.New("no valid CA certificates present")
-		}
-	} else if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error while adding CA certificate to CA trust store: %s", err)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not create CA certificate pool: %s", err)
 	}
 
 	for _, fp := range c.GetStringSlice("pki.blocklist", []string{}) {