diff -ur BitchX-1.2.1.orig/configure BitchX-1.2.1/configure
--- BitchX-1.2.1.orig/configure	2017-03-06 23:17:29.667012724 +1100
+++ BitchX-1.2.1/configure	2017-03-06 23:38:43.921378493 +1100
@@ -10557,9 +10557,9 @@
 case "$with_ssl" in
     yes|check)
 
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for SSLeay in -lcrypto" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for SSLeay in -lcrypto... $ECHO_C" >&6
-if test "${ac_cv_lib_crypto_SSLeay+set}" = set; then
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for ERR_get_error in -lcrypto" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for ERR_get_error in -lcrypto... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_cv_lib_crypto_ERR_get_error+set}" = set; then
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
   ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
@@ -10577,11 +10577,11 @@
 #endif
 /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
-char SSLeay ();
+char ERR_get_error ();
 int
 main ()
 {
-SSLeay ();
+ERR_get_error ();
   ;
   return 0;
 }
@@ -10608,20 +10608,20 @@
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
-  ac_cv_lib_crypto_SSLeay=yes
+  ac_cv_lib_crypto_ERR_get_error=yes
 else
   echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
 sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
 
-ac_cv_lib_crypto_SSLeay=no
+ac_cv_lib_crypto_ERR_get_error=no
 fi
 rm -f conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
       conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
 LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
 fi
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_lib_crypto_SSLeay" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_lib_crypto_SSLeay" >&6
-if test $ac_cv_lib_crypto_SSLeay = yes; then
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_lib_crypto_ERR_get_error" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_lib_crypto_ERR_get_error" >&6
+if test $ac_cv_lib_crypto_ERR_get_error = yes; then
   cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
 #define HAVE_LIBCRYPTO 1
 _ACEOF
@@ -10630,7 +10630,7 @@
 
 fi
 
-      if test x"$ac_cv_lib_crypto_SSLeay" = x"yes"; then
+      if test x"$ac_cv_lib_crypto_ERR_get_error" = x"yes"; then
 
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for SSL_accept in -lssl" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for SSL_accept in -lssl... $ECHO_C" >&6
@@ -14756,12 +14756,6 @@
             SHLIB_LD="ld -shared"
         fi
         ;;
-      FreeBSD-2.2*)
-        SHLIB_LD="ld -Bshareable"
-        ;;
-      FreeBSD-2*)
-        SHLIB_LD="ld -Bshareable"
-        ;;
       FreeBSD*)
         SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
         SHLIB_LD="$CC -shared"
@@ -16237,12 +16231,6 @@
             SHLIB_LD="ld -shared"
         fi
         ;;
-      FreeBSD-2.2*)
-        SHLIB_LD="ld -Bshareable"
-        ;;
-      FreeBSD-2*)
-        SHLIB_LD="ld -Bshareable"
-        ;;
       FreeBSD*)
         SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
         SHLIB_LD="$CC -shared"
diff -ur BitchX-1.2.1.orig/configure.in BitchX-1.2.1/configure.in
--- BitchX-1.2.1.orig/configure.in	2017-03-06 23:17:29.703012732 +1100
+++ BitchX-1.2.1/configure.in	2017-03-06 23:38:36.453320386 +1100
@@ -559,8 +559,8 @@
 esac
 case "$with_ssl" in
     yes|check)
-      AC_CHECK_LIB([crypto], [SSLeay], [], [], [])
-      if test x"$ac_cv_lib_crypto_SSLeay" = x"yes"; then
+      AC_CHECK_LIB([crypto], [ERR_get_error], [], [], [])
+      if test x"$ac_cv_lib_crypto_ERR_get_error" = x"yes"; then
         AC_CHECK_LIB([ssl], [SSL_accept], [], [], [])
       fi
       if test x"$ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_accept" = x"yes"; then