diff --git a/src/mail/ngx_mail_ssl_module.c b/src/mail/ngx_mail_ssl_module.c
index e1efb61..1075410 100644
--- a/src/mail/ngx_mail_ssl_module.c
+++ b/src/mail/ngx_mail_ssl_module.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
                          prev->prefer_server_ciphers, 0);
 
     ngx_conf_merge_bitmask_value(conf->protocols, prev->protocols,
-                         (NGX_CONF_BITMASK_SET|NGX_SSL_SSLv3|NGX_SSL_TLSv1
+                         (NGX_CONF_BITMASK_SET|NGX_SSL_TLSv1
                           |NGX_SSL_TLSv1_1|NGX_SSL_TLSv1_2));
 
     ngx_conf_merge_uint_value(conf->verify, prev->verify, 0);