diff --git a/src/common/tortls.c b/src/common/tortls.c
index 4321330708..86f48a45dd 100644
--- a/src/common/tortls.c
+++ b/src/common/tortls.c
@@ -1124,23 +1124,6 @@ tor_tls_context_new(crypto_pk_t *identity, unsigned int key_lifetime,
   * historically been chosen for fingerprinting resistance. */
   SSL_CTX_set_options(result->ctx, SSL_OP_CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE);
 
-  /* Disable TLS1.1 and TLS1.2 if they exist.  We need to do this to
-   * workaround a bug present in all OpenSSL 1.0.1 versions (as of 1
-   * June 2012), wherein renegotiating while using one of these TLS
-   * protocols will cause the client to send a TLS 1.0 ServerHello
-   * rather than a ServerHello written with the appropriate protocol
-   * version.  Once some version of OpenSSL does TLS1.1 and TLS1.2
-   * renegotiation properly, we can turn them back on when built with
-   * that version. */
-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < OPENSSL_V(1,0,1,'e')
-#ifdef SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_2
-  SSL_CTX_set_options(result->ctx, SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_2);
-#endif
-#ifdef SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_1
-  SSL_CTX_set_options(result->ctx, SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1_1);
-#endif
-#endif
-
   /* Disable TLS tickets if they're supported.  We never want to use them;
    * using them can make our perfect forward secrecy a little worse, *and*
    * create an opportunity to fingerprint us (since it's unusual to use them