diff --git a/cli/connhelper/connhelper.go b/cli/connhelper/connhelper.go
index 58f0c7a1d6..da3640db1a 100644
--- a/cli/connhelper/connhelper.go
+++ b/cli/connhelper/connhelper.go
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"net"
 	"net/url"
-	"os"
-	"strconv"
 
-	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/config"
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/connhelper/commandconn"
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/connhelper/ssh"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -37,7 +34,7 @@ func GetConnectionHelper(daemonURL string) (*ConnectionHelper, error) {
 		}
 		return &ConnectionHelper{
 			Dialer: func(ctx context.Context, network, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
-				return commandconn.New(ctx, "ssh", append(multiplexingArgs(), append(sp.Args(), []string{"--", "docker", "system", "dial-stdio"}...)...)...)
+				return commandconn.New(ctx, "ssh", append(sp.Args(), []string{"--", "docker", "system", "dial-stdio"}...)...)
 			},
 			Host: "http://docker",
 		}, nil
@@ -56,19 +53,3 @@ func GetCommandConnectionHelper(cmd string, flags ...string) (*ConnectionHelper,
 		Host: "http://docker",
 	}, nil
 }
-
-func multiplexingArgs() []string {
-	if v := os.Getenv("DOCKER_SSH_NO_MUX"); v != "" {
-		if b, err := strconv.ParseBool(v); err == nil && b {
-			return nil
-		}
-	}
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(config.Dir(), 0700); err != nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	args := []string{"-o", "ControlMaster=auto", "-o", "ControlPath=" + config.Dir() + "/%r@%h:%p"}
-	if v := os.Getenv("DOCKER_SSH_MUX_PERSIST"); v != "" {
-		args = append(args, "-o", "ControlPersist="+v)
-	}
-	return args
-}
diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/cli.md b/docs/reference/commandline/cli.md
index ce8d554c0c..b5aef34692 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commandline/cli.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/cli.md
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ by the `docker` command line:
 * `DOCKER_TMPDIR` Location for temporary Docker files.
 * `DOCKER_CONTEXT` Specify the context to use (overrides DOCKER_HOST env var and default context set with "docker context use")
 * `DOCKER_DEFAULT_PLATFORM` Specify the default platform for the commands that take the `--platform` flag.
-* `DOCKER_SSH_NO_MUX` If set will turn off SSH multiplexing when connecting to daemon through SSH.
-* `DOCKER_SSH_MUX_PERSIST` Set a duration for keeping SSH multiplexing socket alive between commands (e.g `60s`).
 
 Because Docker is developed using Go, you can also use any environment
 variables used by the Go runtime. In particular, you may find these useful: