diff --git a/platformio/maintenance.py b/platformio/maintenance.py
index 1a430a15..214f836c 100644
--- a/platformio/maintenance.py
+++ b/platformio/maintenance.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from shutil import rmtree
 from time import time
 
 import click
+import requests
 
 from platformio import __version__, app, telemetry
 from platformio.commands.install import cli as cmd_install
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@ from platformio.util import get_home_dir, get_lib_dir
 
 
 def on_platformio_start(ctx):
+    # https://urllib3.readthedocs.org
+    # /en/latest/security.html#insecureplatformwarning
+    requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings()
+
     telemetry.on_command(ctx)
     after_upgrade(ctx)
     check_platformio_upgrade()
diff --git a/platformio/util.py b/platformio/util.py
index f536bf24..82582573 100644
--- a/platformio/util.py
+++ b/platformio/util.py
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ def get_api_result(path, params=None, data=None):
     r = None
 
     try:
-        requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings()
         headers = {"User-Agent": "PlatformIO/%s %s" % (
             __version__, requests.utils.default_user_agent())}