diff --git a/src/internal.c b/src/internal.c
index 7c3663481..416254ec7 100644
--- a/src/internal.c
+++ b/src/internal.c
@@ -7871,7 +7871,6 @@ int ProcessPeerCerts(WOLFSSL* ssl, byte* input, word32* inOutIdx,
         XMEMSET(args, 0, sizeof(ProcPeerCertArgs));
         args->idx = *inOutIdx;
         args->begin = *inOutIdx;
-        ssl->certErr_ovrdn = 0;
     #ifdef WOLFSSL_ASYNC_CRYPT
         ssl->async.freeArgs = FreeProcPeerCertArgs;
     #elif defined(WOLFSSL_NONBLOCK_OCSP)
@@ -8994,7 +8993,7 @@ int ProcessPeerCerts(WOLFSSL* ssl, byte* input, word32* inOutIdx,
             }
         #ifdef WOLFSSL_ALWAYS_VERIFY_CB
             else {
-                if (ssl->verifyCallback && !ssl->certErr_ovrdn) {
+                if (ssl->verifyCallback) {
                     int ok;
 
                     store->error = ret;
@@ -23431,11 +23430,7 @@ static int DoSessionTicket(WOLFSSL* ssl, const byte* input, word32* inOutIdx,
             FALL_THROUGH;
 
             case TLS_ASYNC_DO:
-            if(ssl->certErr_ovrdn){
-                ssl->options.asyncState = TLS_ASYNC_FINALIZE;
-                ret = 0;
-            }
-            else {
+            {
             #ifndef NO_RSA
                 if (ssl->peerRsaKey != NULL && ssl->peerRsaKeyPresent != 0) {
                     WOLFSSL_MSG("Doing RSA peer cert verify");
@@ -23579,9 +23574,6 @@ static int DoSessionTicket(WOLFSSL* ssl, const byte* input, word32* inOutIdx,
 
             case TLS_ASYNC_END:
             {
-                if(ssl->certErr_ovrdn){
-                    ret = 0;
-                }
                 break;
             }
             default:
diff --git a/wolfssl/internal.h b/wolfssl/internal.h
index fba9e761a..d24c14904 100644
--- a/wolfssl/internal.h
+++ b/wolfssl/internal.h
@@ -3317,7 +3317,6 @@ struct WOLFSSL {
 #endif
     WOLFSSL_ALERT_HISTORY alert_history;
     int             verifyDepth;
-    int             certErr_ovrdn;      /* overriden by VerifyCallback */
     int             error;
     int             rfd;                /* read  file descriptor */
     int             wfd;                /* write file descriptor */