--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -831,35 +831,6 @@ if test "x$WITH_OPENSSL" = xyes; then
     OPENSSL_INCLUDE="-DOPENSSL_NO_KRB5"
   fi
 
-  dnl #
-  dnl #  Now check that the header versions match the library
-  dnl #
-  AC_MSG_CHECKING([OpenSSL library and header version consistency])
-  AC_RUN_IFELSE(
-    [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
-      [[
-        #include <stdio.h>
-        #include <openssl/opensslv.h>
-        #include <openssl/crypto.h>
-      ]],
-      [[
-        if (SSLeay() == OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER) {
-          return 0;
-        } else {
-          printf("library: %lx header: %lx... ", (unsigned long) SSLeay(), (unsigned long) OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER);
-          return 1;
-        }
-      ]]
-    )],
-    [
-      AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-    ],
-    [
-      AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-      AC_MSG_FAILURE([OpenSSL library version does not match header version])
-    ]
-  )
-
   if test "x$OPENSSL_LIBS" = x; then
     LIBS=$old_LIBS
     LDFLAGS="$old_LDFLAGS"