diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 06aa977321..22fc092b0a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7977,7 +7977,6 @@ then
 
     if test "x$ENABLED_OPENSSLEXTRA" = "xno"
     then
-        ENABLED_MD5="yes"
         ENABLED_OPENSSLEXTRA="yes"
         AM_CFLAGS="$AM_CFLAGS -DOPENSSL_EXTRA"
     fi