diff --git a/include/openssl/evp.h b/include/openssl/evp.h
index 969a0fa9d..512680308 100644
--- a/include/openssl/evp.h
+++ b/include/openssl/evp.h
@@ -596,11 +596,9 @@ int EVP_MD_CTX_ctrl(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, int cmd, int p1, void *p2);
 EVP_MD_CTX *EVP_MD_CTX_new(void);
 int EVP_MD_CTX_reset(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx);
 void EVP_MD_CTX_free(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx);
-# ifdef OPENSSL_USE_DEPRECATED
-#  define EVP_MD_CTX_create()     EVP_MD_CTX_new()
-#  define EVP_MD_CTX_init(ctx)    EVP_MD_CTX_reset((ctx))
-#  define EVP_MD_CTX_destroy(ctx) EVP_MD_CTX_free((ctx))
-# endif
+# define EVP_MD_CTX_create()     EVP_MD_CTX_new()
+# define EVP_MD_CTX_init(ctx)    EVP_MD_CTX_reset((ctx))
+# define EVP_MD_CTX_destroy(ctx) EVP_MD_CTX_free((ctx))
 /*__owur*/ int EVP_MD_CTX_copy_ex(EVP_MD_CTX *out, const EVP_MD_CTX *in);
 void EVP_MD_CTX_set_flags(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, int flags);
 void EVP_MD_CTX_clear_flags(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, int flags);