diff --git a/Lib/ssl.py b/Lib/ssl.py
index e0096971640..ebb11b49c56 100644
--- a/Lib/ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/ssl.py
@@ -257,15 +257,6 @@ class SSLSocket(socket):
                 raise ValueError(
                   "non-zero flags not allowed in calls to recv_into() on %s" %
                   self.__class__)
-            while True:
-                try:
-                    v = self.read(nbytes, buffer)
-                    return v
-                except SSLError as x:
-                    if x.args[0] == SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ:
-                        continue
-                    else:
-                        raise x
             return self.read(nbytes, buffer)
         else:
             return socket.recv_into(self, buffer, nbytes, flags)