diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 182992fec..bf0046c80 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@
   $ make test
   $ make install
 
- [If any of these steps fails, see section Installation in Detail below.
- During "./config", you will see the message
-      c_rehash: rehashing skipped ('openssl' program not available).
- This is inevitable at that stage and does not indicate any error.]
+ [If any of these steps fails, see section Installation in Detail below.]
 
  This will build and install OpenSSL in the default location, which is (for
  historical reasons) /usr/local/ssl. If you want to install it anywhere else,
diff --git a/Makefile.org b/Makefile.org
index af79054c8..560051481 100644
--- a/Makefile.org
+++ b/Makefile.org
@@ -248,7 +248,6 @@ links:
 	(cd $$i && echo "making links in $$i..." && \
 	$(MAKE) CC='${CC}' PLATFORM='${PLATFORM}' CFLAG='${CFLAG}' SDIRS='$(SDIRS)' INSTALLTOP='${INSTALLTOP}' PEX_LIBS='${PEX_LIBS}' EX_LIBS='${EX_LIBS}' BN_ASM='${BN_ASM}' DES_ENC='${DES_ENC}' BF_ENC='${BF_ENC}' CAST_ENC='${CAST_ENC}' RC4_ENC='${RC4_ENC}' RC5_ENC='${RC5_ENC}' SHA1_ASM_OBJ='${SHA1_ASM_OBJ}' MD5_ASM_OBJ='${MD5_ASM_OBJ}' RMD160_ASM_OBJ='${RMD160_ASM_OBJ}' AR='${AR}' PERL='${PERL}' links ) || exit 1; \
 	done;
-	@(OPENSSL="`pwd`/apps/openssl"; export OPENSSL; sh tools/c_rehash certs)
 
 dclean:
 	rm -f *.bak