diff --git a/lib/vtls/openssl.c b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
index a3953f6c3f..85c43efdb2 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/openssl.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
@@ -3565,10 +3565,6 @@ static CURLcode ossl_connect_step1(struct Curl_cfilter *cf,
     return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
   }
 
-#ifdef SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS
-  SSL_CTX_set_mode(backend->ctx, SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS);
-#endif
-
 #ifdef SSL_CTRL_SET_MSG_CALLBACK
   if(data->set.fdebug && data->set.verbose) {
     /* the SSL trace callback is only used for verbose logging */