diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index eeceef1..28529db 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ Sources = Split("""
   stanza.c
   jid.c
   sock.c
-  tls_gnutls.c
   hash.c
   sasl.c
   sha1.c
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ Headers = Split("""
   strophe.h
   common.h
   sock.h
-  tls.h
   hash.h
   sha1.h
   md5.h
@@ -133,10 +131,10 @@ def testcase_runner(target, source, env):
 
 testenv = env.Copy()
 testenv.Append(CPPPATH=['.', 'src', join('expat','lib')])
-testenv.Append(LIBS=['strophe', 'expat', 'gnutls'])
+testenv.Append(LIBS=['strophe', 'expat'])
 if testenv["PLATFORM"] == "win32":
   testenv.Append(LIBS=["winmm", "ws2_32"])
-testenv.Append(LIBPATH=['.', '/usr/local/lib'])
+testenv.Append(LIBPATH=['.'])
 
 import SCons.Node
 test_builder = Builder(action = testcase_runner,
diff --git a/src/tls_dummy.c b/src/tls_dummy.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8298920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tls_dummy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/* tls.c
+** libstrophe XMPP client library -- TLS abstraction dummy impl.
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2005 OGG, LCC. All rights reserved.
+**
+**  This software is provided AS-IS with no warranty, either express
+**  or implied.
+**
+**  This software is distributed under license and may not be copied,
+**  modified or distributed except as expressly authorized under the
+**  terms of the license contained in the file LICENSE.txt in this
+**  distribution.
+*/
+
+#include "common.h"
+#include "tls.h"
+#include "sock.h"
+
+struct _tls {
+    xmpp_ctx_t *ctx; /* do we need this? */
+    sock_t sock;
+    /* we don't implement anything */
+};
+
+void tls_initialize(void)
+{
+    return;
+}
+
+void tls_shutdown(void)
+{
+    return;
+}
+
+tls_t *tls_new(xmpp_ctx_t *ctx, sock_t sock)
+{
+    /* always fail */
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+void tls_free(tls_t *tls)
+{
+    return
+}
+
+int tls_set_credentials(tls_t *tls, const char *cafilename)
+{
+    return -1;
+}
+
+int tls_start(tls_t *tls)
+{
+    return -1;
+}
+
+int tls_stop(tls_t *tls)
+{
+    return -1;
+}
+
+int tls_error(tls_t *tls)
+{
+    /* todo: some kind of error polling/dump */
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int tls_read(tls_t *tls, void * const buff, const size_t len)
+{
+    return -1;
+}
+
+int tls_write(tls_t *tls, const void * const buff, const size_t len)
+{
+    return -1;
+}