diff --git a/gravitee-node-vertx/src/main/java/io/gravitee/node/vertx/server/VertxServerOptions.java b/gravitee-node-vertx/src/main/java/io/gravitee/node/vertx/server/VertxServerOptions.java
index 2da393376..9f3d71461 100644
--- a/gravitee-node-vertx/src/main/java/io/gravitee/node/vertx/server/VertxServerOptions.java
+++ b/gravitee-node-vertx/src/main/java/io/gravitee/node/vertx/server/VertxServerOptions.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 import io.gravitee.node.api.certificate.KeyStoreLoaderOptions;
 import io.gravitee.node.api.certificate.TrustStoreLoaderOptions;
 import io.gravitee.node.api.server.ServerOptions;
-import io.gravitee.node.vertx.cert.VertxKeyCertOptions;
-import io.gravitee.node.vertx.cert.VertxTrustOptions;
 import io.gravitee.node.vertx.server.http.VertxHttpServerOptions;
 import io.gravitee.node.vertx.server.tcp.VertxTcpServerOptions;
 import io.vertx.core.http.ClientAuth;
diff --git a/gravitee-node-vertx/src/main/java/io/gravitee/node/vertx/server/tcp/VertxTcpServerOptions.java b/gravitee-node-vertx/src/main/java/io/gravitee/node/vertx/server/tcp/VertxTcpServerOptions.java
index cc87ab626..df039e8dd 100644
--- a/gravitee-node-vertx/src/main/java/io/gravitee/node/vertx/server/tcp/VertxTcpServerOptions.java
+++ b/gravitee-node-vertx/src/main/java/io/gravitee/node/vertx/server/tcp/VertxTcpServerOptions.java
@@ -27,11 +27,9 @@ public NetServerOptions createNetServerOptions(KeyCertOptions vertxKeyCertOption
         options.setPort(this.port);
         options.setHost(this.host);
 
-        if (this.secured && this.sni) {
-            options.setSni(true);
+        if (this.secured) {
+            options.setSni(this.sni);
             options.setClientAuth(ClientAuth.valueOf(clientAuth));
-        } else {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot start unsecured TCP server or without SNI enabled");
         }
 
         setupTcp(options, vertxKeyCertOptions, vertxTrustOptions);
diff --git a/gravitee-node-vertx/src/test/java/io/gravitee/node/vertx/server/tcp/VertxTcpServerOptionsTest.java b/gravitee-node-vertx/src/test/java/io/gravitee/node/vertx/server/tcp/VertxTcpServerOptionsTest.java
index 4e0a8b6a9..9e70ccb2f 100644
--- a/gravitee-node-vertx/src/test/java/io/gravitee/node/vertx/server/tcp/VertxTcpServerOptionsTest.java
+++ b/gravitee-node-vertx/src/test/java/io/gravitee/node/vertx/server/tcp/VertxTcpServerOptionsTest.java
@@ -336,26 +336,32 @@ void should_create_vertx_options() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    void should_throw_illegal_argument_exception_when_create_vertx_options_with_unsecured_options() {
+    void should_be_able_to_create_options_without_SNI() {
         environment.setProperty("servers[0].secured", "false");
+        environment.setProperty("servers[0].ssl.sni", "false");
         final VertxTcpServerOptions options = VertxTcpServerOptions.builder().prefix("servers[0]").environment(environment).build();
 
-        final IllegalArgumentException exception = assertThrows(
-            IllegalArgumentException.class,
-            () -> options.createNetServerOptions(mock(KeyCertOptions.class), mock(TrustOptions.class))
-        );
-        assertThat(exception.getMessage()).isEqualTo("Cannot start unsecured TCP server or without SNI enabled");
+        NetServerOptions netServerOptions = options.createNetServerOptions(mock(KeyCertOptions.class), mock(TrustOptions.class));
+        assertThat(netServerOptions.getKeyCertOptions()).isNull();
+        assertThat(netServerOptions.getTrustOptions()).isNull();
+        assertThat(netServerOptions.getClientAuth()).isEqualTo(ClientAuth.NONE);
+        assertThat(netServerOptions.getEnabledCipherSuites()).isEmpty();
+        assertThat(netServerOptions.getOpenSslEngineOptions()).isNull();
+        assertThat(netServerOptions.isSsl()).isFalse();
+        assertThat(netServerOptions.isSni()).isFalse();
     }
 
     @Test
-    void should_throw_illegal_argument_exception_when_create_vertx_options_without_SNI() {
+    void should_be_able_to_create_secured_options_without_SNI() {
         environment.setProperty("servers[0].ssl.sni", "false");
         final VertxTcpServerOptions options = VertxTcpServerOptions.builder().prefix("servers[0]").environment(environment).build();
 
-        final IllegalArgumentException exception = assertThrows(
-            IllegalArgumentException.class,
-            () -> options.createNetServerOptions(mock(KeyCertOptions.class), mock(TrustOptions.class))
-        );
-        assertThat(exception.getMessage()).isEqualTo("Cannot start unsecured TCP server or without SNI enabled");
+        NetServerOptions netServerOptions = options.createNetServerOptions(mock(KeyCertOptions.class), mock(TrustOptions.class));
+        assertThat(netServerOptions.getKeyCertOptions()).isNotNull();
+        assertThat(netServerOptions.getTrustOptions()).isNotNull();
+        assertThat(netServerOptions.getClientAuth()).isEqualTo(ClientAuth.valueOf(CLIENT_AUTH.toUpperCase()));
+        assertThat(netServerOptions.getEnabledCipherSuites()).isNotEmpty();
+        assertThat(netServerOptions.isSsl()).isTrue();
+        assertThat(netServerOptions.isSni()).isFalse();
     }
 }