diff --git a/src/network.c b/src/network.c
index 8fa56900..b3b22228 100644
--- a/src/network.c
+++ b/src/network.c
@@ -607,13 +607,6 @@ int network_init(server *srv) {
 		SSL_CTX_set_options(s->ssl_ctx, ssloptions);
 		SSL_CTX_set_info_callback(s->ssl_ctx, ssl_info_callback);
 
-		if (!(SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2 & SSL_CTX_set_options(s->ssl_ctx, SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2))) {
-			log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "ss", "SSL:",
-					ERR_error_string(ERR_get_error(), NULL));
-			return -1;
-		}
-
-
 		if (!s->ssl_use_sslv2) {
 			/* disable SSLv2 */
 			if (!(SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2 & SSL_CTX_set_options(s->ssl_ctx, SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2))) {