diff --git a/lib/vtls/wolfssl.c b/lib/vtls/wolfssl.c
index ff3c681a74..02fcd23669 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/wolfssl.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/wolfssl.c
@@ -275,10 +275,6 @@ wolfssl_connect_step1(struct Curl_easy *data, struct connectdata *conn,
     failf(data, "wolfSSL: TLS 1.3 is not yet supported");
     return CURLE_SSL_CONNECT_ERROR;
 #endif
-  case CURL_SSLVERSION_SSLv2:
-  case CURL_SSLVERSION_SSLv3:
-    failf(data, "SSL versions not supported");
-    return CURLE_NOT_BUILT_IN;
   default:
     failf(data, "Unrecognized parameter passed via CURLOPT_SSLVERSION");
     return CURLE_SSL_CONNECT_ERROR;
diff --git a/m4/curl-wolfssl.m4 b/m4/curl-wolfssl.m4
index ada65726cf..b3e4b95115 100644
--- a/m4/curl-wolfssl.m4
+++ b/m4/curl-wolfssl.m4
@@ -124,12 +124,10 @@ if test "x$OPT_WOLFSSL" != xno; then
 
       LIBS="$addlib -lm $LIBS"
 
-      dnl Recent WolfSSL versions build without SSLv3 by default
       dnl WolfSSL needs configure --enable-opensslextra to have *get_peer*
       dnl DES* is needed for NTLM support and lives in the OpenSSL compatibility
       dnl layer
-      AC_CHECK_FUNCS(wolfSSLv3_client_method \
-                     wolfSSL_get_peer_certificate \
+      AC_CHECK_FUNCS(wolfSSL_get_peer_certificate \
                      wolfSSL_UseALPN )
 
       dnl if this symbol is present, we want the include path to include the