--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_ssl_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_ssl_module.c
@@ -31,15 +31,6 @@ static char *ngx_http_ssl_enable(ngx_con
 static char *ngx_http_ssl_session_cache(ngx_conf_t *cf, ngx_command_t *cmd,
     void *conf);
 
-#if !defined (SSL_OP_CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE)
-
-static char *ngx_http_ssl_nosupported(ngx_conf_t *cf, ngx_command_t *cmd,
-    void *conf);
-
-static char  ngx_http_ssl_openssl097[] = "OpenSSL 0.9.7 and higher";
-
-#endif
-
 
 static ngx_conf_bitmask_t  ngx_http_ssl_protocols[] = {
     { ngx_string("SSLv2"), NGX_SSL_SSLv2 },
@@ -124,14 +115,10 @@ static ngx_command_t  ngx_http_ssl_comma
 
     { ngx_string("ssl_prefer_server_ciphers"),
       NGX_HTTP_MAIN_CONF|NGX_HTTP_SRV_CONF|NGX_CONF_FLAG,
-#ifdef SSL_OP_CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE
       ngx_conf_set_flag_slot,
       NGX_HTTP_SRV_CONF_OFFSET,
       offsetof(ngx_http_ssl_srv_conf_t, prefer_server_ciphers),
       NULL },
-#else
-      ngx_http_ssl_nosupported, 0, 0, ngx_http_ssl_openssl097 },
-#endif
 
     { ngx_string("ssl_session_cache"),
       NGX_HTTP_MAIN_CONF|NGX_HTTP_SRV_CONF|NGX_CONF_TAKE12,
@@ -471,14 +458,10 @@ ngx_http_ssl_merge_srv_conf(ngx_conf_t *
         }
     }
 
-#ifdef SSL_OP_CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE
-
     if (conf->prefer_server_ciphers) {
         SSL_CTX_set_options(conf->ssl.ctx, SSL_OP_CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE);
     }
 
-#endif
-
     /* a temporary 512-bit RSA key is required for export versions of MSIE */
     if (ngx_ssl_generate_rsa512_key(&conf->ssl) != NGX_OK) {
         return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
@@ -636,18 +619,3 @@ invalid:
 
     return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
 }
-
-
-#if !defined (SSL_OP_CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE)
-
-static char *
-ngx_http_ssl_nosupported(ngx_conf_t *cf, ngx_command_t *cmd, void *conf)
-{
-    ngx_conf_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, cf, 0,
-                       "\"%V\" directive is available only in %s,",
-                       &cmd->name, cmd->post);
-
-    return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
-}
-
-#endif