diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index add30560c..a9ba3263b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3956,6 +3956,11 @@ then
     AC_MSG_ERROR([please disable dsa if disabling asn.])
 fi
 
+if test "x$ENABLED_ECC" != "xno" && test "x$ENABLED_ASN" = "xno"
+then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([please disable ecc if disabling asn.])
+fi
+
 # No Big Int (ASN, DSA, RSA, DH and ECC need bigint)
 if test "$ENABLED_ASN" = "no" && test "$ENABLED_DSA" = "no" && \
    test "$ENABLED_DH" = "no" && test "$ENABLED_ECC" = "no" && \
@@ -6289,11 +6294,6 @@ then
         AC_MSG_ERROR([please enable psk if disabling asn.])
     fi
 
-    if test "x$ENABLED_ECC" != "xno" && test "x$ENABLED_ASN" = "xno"
-    then
-        AC_MSG_ERROR([please disable ecc if disabling asn.])
-    fi
-
     if test "$ENABLED_AFALG" = "yes"
     then
         # for TLS connections the intermediate hash needs to store buffer
diff --git a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/settings.h b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/settings.h
index 702d5b36d..8bb3d87f7 100644
--- a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/settings.h
+++ b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/settings.h
@@ -2605,9 +2605,12 @@ extern void uITRON4_free(void *p) ;
     #define WOLFSSL_NO_XOR_OPS
 #endif
 
-#if defined(NO_ASN) && defined(WOLFCRYPT_ONLY)
+#if defined(NO_ASN) && defined(WOLFCRYPT_ONLY) && !defined(WOLFSSL_WOLFSSH)
     #undef  WOLFSSL_NO_INT_ENCODE
     #define WOLFSSL_NO_INT_ENCODE
+#endif
+
+#if defined(NO_ASN) && defined(WOLFCRYPT_ONLY)
     #undef  WOLFSSL_NO_INT_DECODE
     #define WOLFSSL_NO_INT_DECODE
 #endif