diff --git a/apps/ocsp.c b/apps/ocsp.c
index 96d8a9a7bc3a18e460c7f442ffb8d98fea1d8735..a3958ff9cc2be6b3a5729f8c4a26394a21793964 100644
--- a/apps/ocsp.c
+++ b/apps/ocsp.c
@@ -1449,16 +1449,7 @@ OCSP_RESPONSE *process_responder(BIO *err, OCSP_REQUEST *req,
 	if (use_ssl == 1)
 		{
 		BIO *sbio;
-#if !defined(OPENSSL_NO_SSL2) && !defined(OPENSSL_NO_SSL3)
 		ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_client_method());
-#elif !defined(OPENSSL_NO_SSL3)
-		ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv3_client_method());
-#elif !defined(OPENSSL_NO_SSL2)
-		ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv2_client_method());
-#else
-		BIO_printf(err, "SSL is disabled\n");
-			goto end;
-#endif
 		if (ctx == NULL)
 			{
 			BIO_printf(err, "Error creating SSL context.\n");
diff --git a/apps/s_time.c b/apps/s_time.c
index b823c33c58a02656c3f33c5e1654f990b97b1efb..81dad53243a4e0ec5599e1c0cddf16cdfb35638e 100644
--- a/apps/s_time.c
+++ b/apps/s_time.c
@@ -349,13 +349,7 @@ int MAIN(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (bio_err == NULL)
 		bio_err=BIO_new_fp(stderr,BIO_NOCLOSE);
 
-#if !defined(OPENSSL_NO_SSL2) && !defined(OPENSSL_NO_SSL3)
 	s_time_meth=SSLv23_client_method();
-#elif !defined(OPENSSL_NO_SSL3)
-	s_time_meth=SSLv3_client_method();
-#elif !defined(OPENSSL_NO_SSL2)
-	s_time_meth=SSLv2_client_method();
-#endif
 
 	/* parse the command line arguments */
 	if( parseArgs( argc, argv ) < 0 )