diff --git a/src/context.c b/src/context.c
index f07e8db..007c47f 100644
--- a/src/context.c
+++ b/src/context.c
@@ -486,12 +486,6 @@ static int set_options(lua_State *L)
   if (max > 1) {
     for (i = 2; i <= max; i++) {
       str = luaL_checkstring(L, i);
-#if !defined(SSL_OP_NO_COMPRESSION) && (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x0090800f) && (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x1000000fL)
-      /* Version 0.9.8 has a different way to disable compression */
-      if (!strcmp(str, "no_compression"))
-        ctx->comp_methods = NULL;
-      else
-#endif
       if (!set_option_flag(str, &flag)) {
         lua_pushboolean(L, 0);
         lua_pushfstring(L, "invalid option (%s)", str);