diff --git a/src/HttpRequestCommand.cc b/src/HttpRequestCommand.cc
index 078b11f1..caa8413a 100644
--- a/src/HttpRequestCommand.cc
+++ b/src/HttpRequestCommand.cc
@@ -36,12 +36,9 @@ HttpRequestCommand::~HttpRequestCommand() {}
 
 bool HttpRequestCommand::executeInternal(Segment seg) {
   socket->setNonBlockingMode();
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBSSL
-  // for SSL
   if(req->getProtocol() == "https") {
     socket->initiateSecureConnection();
   }
-#endif // HAVE_LIBSSL
   HttpConnection httpConnection(cuid, socket, e->option, e->logger);
   // set seg to request in order to remember the request range
   req->seg = seg;
diff --git a/src/Socket.cc b/src/Socket.cc
index 9a53cd67..bf9a04f1 100644
--- a/src/Socket.cc
+++ b/src/Socket.cc
@@ -81,9 +81,6 @@ void Socket::peekData(char* data, int& len, int timeout) {
   core->peekData(data, len, timeout);
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBSSL
-// for SSL
 void Socket::initiateSecureConnection() {
   core->initiateSecureConnection();
 }
-#endif // HAVE_LIBSSL
diff --git a/src/Socket.h b/src/Socket.h
index 45f2d298..a4624801 100644
--- a/src/Socket.h
+++ b/src/Socket.h
@@ -76,10 +76,11 @@ public:
   // this socket.
   void peekData(char* data, int& len, int timeout = 5);
 
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBSSL
-  // for SSL
+  /**
+   * Makes this socket secure.
+   * If the system has not OpenSSL, then this method do nothing.
+   */
   void initiateSecureConnection();
-#endif // HAVE_LIBSSL
 };
 
 #endif // _D_SOCKET_H_
diff --git a/src/SocketCore.cc b/src/SocketCore.cc
index 07b4b3c1..94b986ed 100644
--- a/src/SocketCore.cc
+++ b/src/SocketCore.cc
@@ -193,9 +193,9 @@ void SocketCore::peekData(char* data, int& len, int timeout) {
   }
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBSSL
-// for SSL
 void SocketCore::initiateSecureConnection() {
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBSSL
+  // for SSL
   if(!secure) {
     sslCtx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_client_method());
     if(sslCtx == NULL) {
@@ -215,5 +215,6 @@ void SocketCore::initiateSecureConnection() {
     }
     secure = true;
   }
-}
 #endif // HAVE_LIBSSL
+}
+
diff --git a/src/SocketCore.h b/src/SocketCore.h
index f7a75b43..ba5fb7af 100644
--- a/src/SocketCore.h
+++ b/src/SocketCore.h
@@ -84,12 +84,11 @@ public:
   // this socket.
   void peekData(char* data, int& len, int timeout = 5);
   
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBSSL
   /**
-   * Makes this socket SSL endpoint
+   * Makes this socket secure.
+   * If the system has not OpenSSL, then this method do nothing.
    */
   void initiateSecureConnection();
-#endif // HAVE_LIB_SSL
 };
 
 #endif // _D_SOCKET_CORE_H_