diff --git a/src/ssl_sock.c b/src/ssl_sock.c
index b62ac44..1fa1092 100644
--- a/src/ssl_sock.c
+++ b/src/ssl_sock.c
@@ -5862,7 +5862,6 @@
 	 * EINTR too.
 	 */
 	while (count > 0) {
-		int need_out = 0;
 
 		try = b_contig_space(buf);
 		if (!try)
@@ -5920,8 +5919,6 @@
 			/* otherwise it's a real error */
 			goto out_error;
 		}
-		if (need_out)
-			break;
 	}
  leave:
 	return done;