diff --git a/daemon/daemon.c b/daemon/daemon.c
index adb936a4f..7edff800c 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.c
+++ b/daemon/daemon.c
@@ -206,9 +206,6 @@ daemon_init(void)
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
 	ERR_load_crypto_strings();
 	ERR_load_SSL_strings();
-#  ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL_CONFIG
-	OPENSSL_config("unbound");
-#  endif
 #  ifdef USE_GOST
 	(void)sldns_key_EVP_load_gost_id();
 #  endif
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 938c1656b..878536659 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 	- acx_nlnetlabs.m4 to v33, with HMAC_Update.
 	- acx_nlnetlabs.m4 to v34, with -ldl -pthread test for libcrypto.
 	- ERR_remove_state deprecated since openssl 1.0.0.
+	- OPENSSL_config is deprecated, removing.
 
 18 March 2016: Ralph
 	- Validate QNAME minimised NXDOMAIN responses.
diff --git a/testcode/unitmain.c b/testcode/unitmain.c
index eb83066b8..a690dcaa8 100644
--- a/testcode/unitmain.c
+++ b/testcode/unitmain.c
@@ -564,9 +564,6 @@ main(int argc, char* argv[])
 	printf("Start of %s unit test.\n", PACKAGE_STRING);
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
 	ERR_load_crypto_strings();
-#  ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL_CONFIG
-	OPENSSL_config("unbound");
-#  endif
 #  ifdef USE_GOST
 	(void)sldns_key_EVP_load_gost_id();
 #  endif