diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c b/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c
index fcbef04b670d5140828ea1f019cb5eed3a33b6d7..e727b89489fc8186fc21d38744c1ec951e8bfb14 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c,v 1.17 2002/12/12 22:42:39 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c,v 1.18 2002/12/13 05:51:29 momjian Exp $
  *
  *	  Since the server static private key ($DataDir/server.key)
  *	  will normally be stored unencrypted so that the database
@@ -290,8 +290,6 @@ secure_read(Port *port, void *ptr, size_t len)
 			case SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL:
 				if (n == -1)
 					elog(ERROR, "SSL SYSCALL error: %s", strerror(errno));
-				else
-					strerror(errno));
 				break;
 			case SSL_ERROR_SSL:
 				elog(ERROR, "SSL error: %s", SSLerrmessage());
@@ -342,8 +340,6 @@ secure_write(Port *port, const void *ptr, size_t len)
 			case SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL:
 				if (n == -1)
 					elog(ERROR, "SSL SYSCALL error: %s", strerror(errno));
-				else
-					strerror(errno));
 				break;
 			case SSL_ERROR_SSL:
 				elog(ERROR, "SSL error: %s", SSLerrmessage());