diff -u -r fetchmail-6.3.26/socket.c fetchmail-6.3.26-nossl3/socket.c
--- fetchmail-6.3.26/socket.c	2013-04-23 22:00:45.000000000 +0200
+++ fetchmail-6.3.26-nossl3/socket.c	2016-03-03 18:18:46.688881618 +0100
@@ -907,14 +907,11 @@
 	_ssl_context[sock] = NULL;
 	if(myproto) {
 		if(!strcasecmp("ssl2",myproto)) {
-#if HAVE_DECL_SSLV2_CLIENT_METHOD + 0 > 0
-			_ctx[sock] = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv2_client_method());
-#else
 			report(stderr, GT_("Your operating system does not support SSLv2.\n"));
 			return -1;
-#endif
 		} else if(!strcasecmp("ssl3",myproto)) {
-			_ctx[sock] = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv3_client_method());
+			report(stderr, GT_("Your operating system does not support SSLv3.\n"));
+			return -1;
 		} else if(!strcasecmp("tls1",myproto)) {
 			_ctx[sock] = SSL_CTX_new(TLSv1_client_method());
 		} else if (!strcasecmp("ssl23",myproto)) {