diff -r 77536a48b4be -r b29ee022017f libpurple/purple-socket.c
--- a/libpurple/purple-socket.c	Wed Dec 16 15:13:36 2015 -0500
+++ b/libpurple/purple-socket.c	Sat Dec 19 14:29:01 2015 -0500
@@ -259,12 +259,6 @@
 	ps->cb_data = user_data;
 
 	if (ps->is_tls) {
-		if (!purple_ssl_is_supported()) {
-			purple_debug_error("socket", "TLS is not supported");
-			ps->state = PURPLE_SOCKET_STATE_ERROR;
-			return FALSE;
-		}
-
 		ps->tls_connection = purple_ssl_connect(account, ps->host,
 			ps->port, _purple_socket_connected_tls,
 			_purple_socket_connected_tls_error, ps);