diff --git a/demos/bio/client-arg.c b/demos/bio/client-arg.c
index 976fefff5d..27c4c98f96 100644
--- a/demos/bio/client-arg.c
+++ b/demos/bio/client-arg.c
@@ -94,12 +94,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         goto end;
     }
 
-    if (BIO_do_handshake(sbio) <= 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Error establishing SSL connection\n");
-        ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
-        goto end;
-    }
-
     /* Could examine ssl here to get connection info */
 
     BIO_puts(sbio, "GET / HTTP/1.0\n\n");
diff --git a/demos/bio/client-conf.c b/demos/bio/client-conf.c
index 84edc796dc..270df377e7 100644
--- a/demos/bio/client-conf.c
+++ b/demos/bio/client-conf.c
@@ -102,12 +102,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         goto end;
     }
 
-    if (BIO_do_handshake(sbio) <= 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Error establishing SSL connection\n");
-        ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
-        goto end;
-    }
-
     /* Could examine ssl here to get connection info */
 
     BIO_puts(sbio, "GET / HTTP/1.0\n\n");
diff --git a/doc/man3/BIO_f_ssl.pod b/doc/man3/BIO_f_ssl.pod
index 6a21e0c41c..8eee317c7a 100644
--- a/doc/man3/BIO_f_ssl.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/BIO_f_ssl.pod
@@ -188,11 +188,6 @@ unencrypted example in L<BIO_s_connect(3)>.
      ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
      exit(1);
  }
- if (BIO_do_handshake(sbio) <= 0) {
-     fprintf(stderr, "Error establishing SSL connection\n");
-     ERR_print_errors_fp(stderr);
-     exit(1);
- }
 
  /* XXX Could examine ssl here to get connection info */