diff --git a/src/ssl_sock.c b/src/ssl_sock.c
index e4dd913a4..124b2c602 100644
--- a/src/ssl_sock.c
+++ b/src/ssl_sock.c
@@ -6537,7 +6537,6 @@ static size_t ssl_sock_to_buf(struct connection *conn, void *xprt_ctx, struct bu
 	 * EINTR too.
 	 */
 	while (count > 0) {
-		int need_out = 0;
 
 		try = b_contig_space(buf);
 		if (!try)
@@ -6595,8 +6594,6 @@ static size_t ssl_sock_to_buf(struct connection *conn, void *xprt_ctx, struct bu
 			/* otherwise it's a real error */
 			goto out_error;
 		}
-		if (need_out)
-			break;
 	}
  leave:
 	return done;