diff --git a/main/libasteriskssl.c b/main/libasteriskssl.c
index 36982e2be1..0ed05e3dcb 100644
--- a/main/libasteriskssl.c
+++ b/main/libasteriskssl.c
@@ -121,10 +121,13 @@ void ERR_free_strings(void)
 /*!
  * \internal
  * \brief Common OpenSSL initialization for all of Asterisk.
+ *
+ * Not needed for OpenSSL versions >= 1.1.0
  */
 int ast_ssl_init(void)
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL
+#if defined(HAVE_OPENSSL) && defined(OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER) && \
+	OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L
 	unsigned int i;
 	int (*real_SSL_library_init)(void);
 	void (*real_CRYPTO_set_id_callback)(unsigned long (*)(void));
@@ -189,7 +192,7 @@ int ast_ssl_init(void)
 
 	startup_complete = 1;
 
-#endif /* HAVE_OPENSSL */
+#endif /* HAVE_OPENSSL and its version < 1.1 */
 	return 0;
 }