diff --git a/buckets/ssl_buckets.c b/buckets/ssl_buckets.c
index 4ae0d8a..1b28560 100644
--- a/buckets/ssl_buckets.c
+++ b/buckets/ssl_buckets.c
@@ -1482,11 +1482,6 @@
         }
 #endif
 
-#ifdef SERF_HAVE_OPENSSL_MALLOC_INIT
-        OPENSSL_malloc_init();
-#else
-        CRYPTO_malloc_init();
-#endif
 #ifdef SERF_HAVE_OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY_INIT
         ERR_load_crypto_strings();
         SSL_load_error_strings();
diff --git a/test/MockHTTPinC/MockHTTP_server.c b/test/MockHTTPinC/MockHTTP_server.c
index 2220720..f302169 100644
--- a/test/MockHTTPinC/MockHTTP_server.c
+++ b/test/MockHTTPinC/MockHTTP_server.c
@@ -2668,11 +2668,6 @@
     /* Init OpenSSL globally */
     if (!init_done)
     {
-#ifdef SERF_HAVE_OPENSSL_MALLOC_INIT
-        OPENSSL_malloc_init();
-#else
-        CRYPTO_malloc_init();
-#endif
         ERR_load_crypto_strings();
         SSL_load_error_strings();
         SSL_library_init();