diff --git a/lib/net_mosq.c b/lib/net_mosq.c
index 0376cebb77..c0575dae55 100644
--- a/lib/net_mosq.c
+++ b/lib/net_mosq.c
@@ -527,10 +527,8 @@ static int net__init_ssl_ctx(struct mosquitto *mosq)
 {
 	int ret;
 	ENGINE *engine = NULL;
-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10002000L  /* ALPN was added into OpenSSL 1.0.2 */
 	uint8_t tls_alpn_wire[256];
 	uint8_t tls_alpn_len;
-#endif
 
 	if(mosq->ssl_ctx){
 		if(!mosq->ssl_ctx_defaults){
@@ -588,14 +586,10 @@ static int net__init_ssl_ctx(struct mosquitto *mosq)
 
 		/* Set ALPN */
 		if(mosq->tls_alpn) {
-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10002000L  /* ALPN was added into OpenSSL 1.0.2 */
 			tls_alpn_len = (uint8_t) strnlen(mosq->tls_alpn, 254);
 			tls_alpn_wire[0] = tls_alpn_len;  // first byte is length of string
 			memcpy(tls_alpn_wire + 1, mosq->tls_alpn, tls_alpn_len);
 			SSL_CTX_set_alpn_protos(mosq->ssl_ctx, tls_alpn_wire, tls_alpn_len + 1);
-#else
-			log__printf(mosq, MOSQ_LOG_ERR, "Error: TLS ALPN not supported by version of OpenSSL.");
-#endif
 		}
 
 #ifdef SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS