diff --git a/luasec-0.6-1.rockspec b/luasec-0.6-1.rockspec
index 1114ce5..65ecc6d 100644
--- a/luasec-0.6-1.rockspec
+++ b/luasec-0.6-1.rockspec
@@ -93,21 +93,6 @@ build = {
                   "src/luasocket/timeout.c", "src/luasocket/wsocket.c"
                }
             }
-         },
-         patches = {
-            ["luarocks_vs_compiler.patch"] = [[
---- a/src/ssl.c.orig
-+++ b/src/ssl.c
-@@ -844,3 +844,8 @@ LSEC_API int luaopen_ssl_core(lua_State *L)
-
-   return 1;
- }
-+
-+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-+/* Empty implementation to allow building with LuaRocks and MS compilers */
-+LSEC_API int luaopen_ssl(lua_State *L) { return 0; }
-+#endif
-]]
          }
       }
    }
diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index 1e4c6c4..fc1ab98 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -854,3 +854,16 @@ LSEC_API int luaopen_ssl_core(lua_State *L)
 
   return 1;
 }
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+
+/* Empty implementation to allow building with LuaRocks and MS compilers */
+LSEC_API int luaopen_ssl(lua_State *L) {
+  lua_pushstring(L, "you should not call this function");
+  lua_error(L);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#endif