diff --git a/tests/api.c b/tests/api.c
index 7d70b20cb..a7c83dfb6 100644
--- a/tests/api.c
+++ b/tests/api.c
@@ -5047,13 +5047,9 @@ static void test_wolfSSL_PKCS8(void)
     AssertIntEQ(wolfSSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_buffer(ctx, buffer, bytes,
                 WOLFSSL_FILETYPE_ASN1), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
 #else
-#ifdef OPENSSL_EXTRA
-    AssertIntGT((bytes = wc_KeyPemToDer(buffer, bytes, der,
-        (word32)sizeof(der), NULL)), 0);
-#else
+    /* if HAVE_ECC is not defined then BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY is not found */
     AssertIntEQ((bytes = wc_KeyPemToDer(buffer, bytes, der,
         (word32)sizeof(der), NULL)), ASN_NO_PEM_HEADER);
-#endif
 #endif /* HAVE_ECC */
 
     wolfSSL_CTX_free(ctx);