diff --git a/src/borg/crypto/_crypto_helpers.c b/src/borg/crypto/_crypto_helpers.c
index 18fbe5220..856736aba 100644
--- a/src/borg/crypto/_crypto_helpers.c
+++ b/src/borg/crypto/_crypto_helpers.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /* some helpers, so our code also works with OpenSSL 1.0.x */
 
-#include <string.h>
 #include <openssl/opensslv.h>
 #include <openssl/hmac.h>
 
diff --git a/src/borg/crypto/_crypto_helpers.h b/src/borg/crypto/_crypto_helpers.h
index 0a3021af6..8d17d5388 100644
--- a/src/borg/crypto/_crypto_helpers.h
+++ b/src/borg/crypto/_crypto_helpers.h
@@ -2,14 +2,8 @@
 
 #include <openssl/opensslv.h>
 #include <openssl/hmac.h>
-#include <openssl/evp.h>
 
 #if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L || (defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER) && LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x2070000fL)
 HMAC_CTX *HMAC_CTX_new(void);
 void HMAC_CTX_free(HMAC_CTX *ctx);
 #endif
-
-
-#if !defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER)
-#define LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER 0
-#endif
diff --git a/src/borg/crypto/low_level.pyx b/src/borg/crypto/low_level.pyx
index c40df8a2d..9d8ac0ca0 100644
--- a/src/borg/crypto/low_level.pyx
+++ b/src/borg/crypto/low_level.pyx
@@ -102,15 +102,11 @@ cdef extern from "openssl/hmac.h":
 
 cdef extern from "_crypto_helpers.h":
     long OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER
-    long LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER
 
     HMAC_CTX *HMAC_CTX_new()
     void HMAC_CTX_free(HMAC_CTX *a)
 
 
-openssl10 = OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000 or LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER
-
-
 import struct
 
 _int = struct.Struct('>I')