diff --git a/src/conf.c b/src/conf.c
index c73334e27241..8c7c94b15cfd 100644
--- a/src/conf.c
+++ b/src/conf.c
@@ -365,6 +365,20 @@ setdefaults(e)
 	TLS_Srv_Opts = TLS_I_SRV;
 	if (NULL == EVP_digest)
 		EVP_digest = EVP_md5();
+	Srv_SSL_Options = SSL_OP_ALL;
+	Clt_SSL_Options = SSL_OP_ALL
+# ifdef SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2
+		| SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2
+# endif
+# ifdef SSL_OP_NO_TICKET
+		| SSL_OP_NO_TICKET
+# endif
+		;
+# ifdef SSL_OP_TLSEXT_PADDING
+	/* SSL_OP_TLSEXT_PADDING breaks compatibility with some sites */
+	Srv_SSL_Options &= ~SSL_OP_TLSEXT_PADDING;
+	Clt_SSL_Options &= ~SSL_OP_TLSEXT_PADDING;
+# endif /* SSL_OP_TLSEXT_PADDING */
 #endif /* STARTTLS */
 #ifdef HESIOD_INIT
 	HesiodContext = NULL;
diff --git a/src/readcf.c b/src/readcf.c
index 2b0fbf711cf5..10eac0bc6724 100644
--- a/src/readcf.c
+++ b/src/readcf.c
@@ -159,22 +159,6 @@ readcf(cfname, safe, e)
 	FileName = cfname;
 	LineNumber = 0;
 
-#if STARTTLS
-	Srv_SSL_Options = SSL_OP_ALL;
-	Clt_SSL_Options = SSL_OP_ALL
-# ifdef SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2
-		| SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2
-# endif
-# ifdef SSL_OP_NO_TICKET
-		| SSL_OP_NO_TICKET
-# endif
-		;
-# ifdef SSL_OP_TLSEXT_PADDING
-	/* SSL_OP_TLSEXT_PADDING breaks compatibility with some sites */
-	Srv_SSL_Options &= ~SSL_OP_TLSEXT_PADDING;
-	Clt_SSL_Options &= ~SSL_OP_TLSEXT_PADDING;
-# endif /* SSL_OP_TLSEXT_PADDING */
-#endif /* STARTTLS */
 	if (DontLockReadFiles)
 		sff |= SFF_NOLOCK;
 	cf = safefopen(cfname, O_RDONLY, 0444, sff);