diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl.inc b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl.inc
index c721d8c570..8f2a797b89 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl.inc
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ do_install () {
 	   ${D}${sysconfdir}/ssl/
 	ln -sf ${sysconfdir}/ssl/certs ${D}${libdir}/ssl/certs
 	ln -sf ${sysconfdir}/ssl/private ${D}${libdir}/ssl/private
+	ln -sf ${sysconfdir}/ssl/openssl.cnf ${D}${libdir}/ssl/openssl.cnf
 }
 
 do_install_ptest () {
@@ -248,16 +249,4 @@ do_install_append_class-native() {
 	    OPENSSL_ENGINES=${libdir}/ssl/engines
 }
 
-pkg_postinst_openssl-conf () {
-#!/bin/sh
-if [ -e $D${libdir}/ssl/openssl.cnf ]; then
-	rm -f $D${libdir}/ssl/openssl.cnf
-fi
-
-# If openssl-conf is installed before openssl, we must ensure that the symlink
-# destination exists
-mkdir -p $D${libdir}/ssl/
-ln -s ${sysconfdir}/ssl/openssl.cnf $D${libdir}/ssl/openssl.cnf
-}
-
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"