diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 56856178bf..b82b5b7a53 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ static long get_curl_allowed_protocols(int from_user)
 	return allowed_protocols;
 }
 
-#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >=0x072f00
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >=0x072b00
 static int get_curl_http_version_opt(const char *version_string, long *opt)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ static CURL *get_curl_handle(void)
 		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2);
 	}
 
-#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x072f00 // 7.47.0
+#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x072b00
     if (curl_http_version) {
 		long opt;
 		if (!get_curl_http_version_opt(curl_http_version, &opt)) {