diff --git a/package/libopenssl/Config.in b/package/libopenssl/Config.in
index 7ed799075f..fcead4c11a 100644
--- a/package/libopenssl/Config.in
+++ b/package/libopenssl/Config.in
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_MD4
 	bool "enable MD4"
 	default y
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_MD5
-	bool "enable MD5"
-	default y
-
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_MDC2
 	bool "enable MDC2"
 	default y
diff --git a/package/libopenssl/libopenssl.mk b/package/libopenssl/libopenssl.mk
index c7f8ae714e..389a0a8b32 100644
--- a/package/libopenssl/libopenssl.mk
+++ b/package/libopenssl/libopenssl.mk
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ define LIBOPENSSL_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 			$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_RC4),,no-rc4) \
 			$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_MD2),,no-md2) \
 			$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_MD4),,no-md4) \
-			$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_MD5),,no-md5) \
 			$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_MDC2),,no-mdc2) \
 			$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_BLAKE2),,no-blake2) \
 			$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_IDEA),,no-idea) \