diff --git a/crypto/bio/bss_dgram.c b/crypto/bio/bss_dgram.c
index 3f568da142dbf8590ed98a99ee2f558d82e0dda7..80d31b199de984076985e072072594780a5031c2 100644
--- a/crypto/bio/bss_dgram.c
+++ b/crypto/bio/bss_dgram.c
@@ -289,9 +289,6 @@ static int dgram_read(BIO *b, char *out, int outl)
 				BIO_set_retry_read(b);
 				data->_errno = get_last_socket_error();
 				}
-#if 0
-			memset(&(data->hstimeout), 0, sizeof(struct timeval));
-#endif
 			}
 		}
 	return(ret);