diff --git a/ssl/s3_srvr.c b/ssl/s3_srvr.c
index 084b9cfd8d984ea50c97fdab903f13bbd11e31c0..e9410684164ea346fc4568e1915489a144407d2d 100644
--- a/ssl/s3_srvr.c
+++ b/ssl/s3_srvr.c
@@ -1709,7 +1709,6 @@ static int ssl3_get_client_key_exchange(SSL *s)
 				 * made up by the adversary is properly formatted except
 				 * that the version number is wrong.  To avoid such attacks,
 				 * we should treat this just like any other decryption error. */
-				p[0] = (char)(int) "CAN-2003-0131 patch 2003-03-20";
 				}
 			}