diff --git a/examples/EthernetAWSIoT/EthernetAWSIoT.ino b/examples/EthernetAWSIoT/EthernetAWSIoT.ino
index eabfce1..292bcbc 100644
--- a/examples/EthernetAWSIoT/EthernetAWSIoT.ino
+++ b/examples/EthernetAWSIoT/EthernetAWSIoT.ino
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ void reconnect()
       {
 //        Serial.println(subscribeTopic[i]);
         mqtt.subscribe(subscribeTopic[i]);
-        ethClientSSL.flush();
       }
         Serial.println("Started updateThing ");
         updateThing();
@@ -161,7 +160,6 @@ void updateThing()
 void MQTTPublish(const char *topic, char *payload)
 {
   mqtt.publish(topic, payload);
-  ethClientSSL.flush();
   Serial.print("Published [");
   Serial.print(topic);
   Serial.print("] ");
diff --git a/examples/EthernetMQTT/EthernetMQTT.ino b/examples/EthernetMQTT/EthernetMQTT.ino
index 1cb8a4b..5eab3fe 100644
--- a/examples/EthernetMQTT/EthernetMQTT.ino
+++ b/examples/EthernetMQTT/EthernetMQTT.ino
@@ -51,12 +51,8 @@ void reconnect() {
       Serial.println("connected");
       // Once connected, publish an announcement...
       client.publish("outTopic","hello world");
-      // This is a workaround to address https://github.com/OPEnSLab-OSU/SSLClient/issues/9
-      ethClientSSL.flush();
       // ... and resubscribe
       client.subscribe("inTopic");
-      // This is a workaround to address https://github.com/OPEnSLab-OSU/SSLClient/issues/9
-      ethClientSSL.flush();
     } else {
       Serial.print("failed, rc=");
       Serial.print(client.state());