diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 9a3c093a9..141f59b13 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 	- Fix SSL compile failure for definition in log_crypto_err_io_code_arg.
 	- Fix SSL compile failure for other missing definitions in
 	  log_crypto_err_io_code_arg.
+	- Fix compilation without openssl, remove unused function warning.
 
 31 October 2023: George
 	- Fix #941: dnscrypt doesn't work after upgrade to 1.18 with
diff --git a/util/net_help.c b/util/net_help.c
index e5b485c1c..897024792 100644
--- a/util/net_help.c
+++ b/util/net_help.c
@@ -952,11 +952,11 @@ void log_crypto_err_code(const char* str, unsigned long err)
 #endif /* HAVE_SSL */
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SSL
 /** Print crypt erro with SSL_get_error want code and err_get_error code */
 static void log_crypto_err_io_code_arg(const char* str, int r,
 	unsigned long err, int err_present)
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_SSL
 	int print_errno = 0, print_crypto_err = 0;
 	const char* inf = NULL;
 
@@ -1033,13 +1033,8 @@ static void log_crypto_err_io_code_arg(const char* str, int r,
 			log_err("str: %s", inf);
 		}
 	}
-#else
-	(void)str;
-	(void)r;
-	(void)err;
-	(void)err_present;
-#endif /* HAVE_SSL */
 }
+#endif /* HAVE_SSL */
 
 void log_crypto_err_io(const char* str, int r)
 {