diff --git a/src/XrdTls/XrdTlsSocket.cc b/src/XrdTls/XrdTlsSocket.cc
index af23fca2f30..cc758a56fad 100644
--- a/src/XrdTls/XrdTlsSocket.cc
+++ b/src/XrdTls/XrdTlsSocket.cc
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
 
 #include <stdexcept>
 
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+/*                      X r d T l s S o c k e t I m p l                       */
+/******************************************************************************/
+
 struct XrdTlsSocketImpl
 {
     XrdTlsSocketImpl() : tlsctx(0), ssl(0), traceID(0), sFD(-1),
@@ -561,15 +566,6 @@ void XrdTlsSocket::Shutdown(XrdTlsSocket::SDType sdType)
      return SSL_get_version(pImpl->ssl);
   }
 
-/******************************************************************************/
-/*                     C a s t  t o  S S L                                    */
-/******************************************************************************/
-
-  XrdTlsSocket::operator SSL*()
-  {
-    return pImpl->ssl;
-  }
-  
 /******************************************************************************/
 /* Private:                      W a i t 4 O K                                */
 /******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/XrdTls/XrdTlsSocket.hh b/src/XrdTls/XrdTlsSocket.hh
index d5b3490e5a4..5df2916b9bd 100644
--- a/src/XrdTls/XrdTlsSocket.hh
+++ b/src/XrdTls/XrdTlsSocket.hh
@@ -24,16 +24,18 @@
 
 #include <openssl/ssl.h>
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Forward declarations
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 class XrdSysError;
 class XrdTlsContext;
+struct XrdTlsSocketImpl;
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //! Socket wrapper for TLS I/O
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-struct XrdTlsSocketImpl;
-//struct SSL;
-
 class XrdTlsSocket
 {
 public:
@@ -236,14 +238,6 @@ enum HS_Mode
 
   const char *Version();
 
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------
-//! Conversion to native OpenSSL connection object
-//!
-//! @return : SSL connection object
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-  operator SSL*();
-
 private:
 
 int  Diagnose(int sslrc);