diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ceeef9b0915..0ffcaeb4367 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -12343,8 +12343,7 @@ if test "$with_ssl" = openssl ; then
 
 $as_echo "#define OPENSSL_API_COMPAT 0x10101000L" >>confdefs.h
 
-  if test "$PORTNAME" != "win32"; then
-     { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for CRYPTO_new_ex_data in -lcrypto" >&5
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for CRYPTO_new_ex_data in -lcrypto" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for CRYPTO_new_ex_data in -lcrypto... " >&6; }
 if ${ac_cv_lib_crypto_CRYPTO_new_ex_data+:} false; then :
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
@@ -12391,7 +12390,7 @@ else
   as_fn_error $? "library 'crypto' is required for OpenSSL" "$LINENO" 5
 fi
 
-     { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for SSL_new in -lssl" >&5
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for SSL_new in -lssl" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for SSL_new in -lssl... " >&6; }
 if ${ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_new+:} false; then :
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
@@ -12438,124 +12437,6 @@ else
   as_fn_error $? "library 'ssl' is required for OpenSSL" "$LINENO" 5
 fi
 
-  else
-     { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for library containing CRYPTO_new_ex_data" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for library containing CRYPTO_new_ex_data... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_search_CRYPTO_new_ex_data+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  ac_func_search_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-
-/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
-   Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
-   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C"
-#endif
-char CRYPTO_new_ex_data ();
-int
-main ()
-{
-return CRYPTO_new_ex_data ();
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-for ac_lib in '' eay32 crypto; do
-  if test -z "$ac_lib"; then
-    ac_res="none required"
-  else
-    ac_res=-l$ac_lib
-    LIBS="-l$ac_lib  $ac_func_search_save_LIBS"
-  fi
-  if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
-  ac_cv_search_CRYPTO_new_ex_data=$ac_res
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
-    conftest$ac_exeext
-  if ${ac_cv_search_CRYPTO_new_ex_data+:} false; then :
-  break
-fi
-done
-if ${ac_cv_search_CRYPTO_new_ex_data+:} false; then :
-
-else
-  ac_cv_search_CRYPTO_new_ex_data=no
-fi
-rm conftest.$ac_ext
-LIBS=$ac_func_search_save_LIBS
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_search_CRYPTO_new_ex_data" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_cv_search_CRYPTO_new_ex_data" >&6; }
-ac_res=$ac_cv_search_CRYPTO_new_ex_data
-if test "$ac_res" != no; then :
-  test "$ac_res" = "none required" || LIBS="$ac_res $LIBS"
-
-else
-  as_fn_error $? "library 'eay32' or 'crypto' is required for OpenSSL" "$LINENO" 5
-fi
-
-     { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for library containing SSL_new" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for library containing SSL_new... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_search_SSL_new+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  ac_func_search_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-
-/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
-   Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
-   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C"
-#endif
-char SSL_new ();
-int
-main ()
-{
-return SSL_new ();
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-for ac_lib in '' ssleay32 ssl; do
-  if test -z "$ac_lib"; then
-    ac_res="none required"
-  else
-    ac_res=-l$ac_lib
-    LIBS="-l$ac_lib  $ac_func_search_save_LIBS"
-  fi
-  if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
-  ac_cv_search_SSL_new=$ac_res
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
-    conftest$ac_exeext
-  if ${ac_cv_search_SSL_new+:} false; then :
-  break
-fi
-done
-if ${ac_cv_search_SSL_new+:} false; then :
-
-else
-  ac_cv_search_SSL_new=no
-fi
-rm conftest.$ac_ext
-LIBS=$ac_func_search_save_LIBS
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_search_SSL_new" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_cv_search_SSL_new" >&6; }
-ac_res=$ac_cv_search_SSL_new
-if test "$ac_res" != no; then :
-  test "$ac_res" = "none required" || LIBS="$ac_res $LIBS"
-
-else
-  as_fn_error $? "library 'ssleay32' or 'ssl' is required for OpenSSL" "$LINENO" 5
-fi
-
-  fi
   # Functions introduced in OpenSSL 1.1.1.
   for ac_func in SSL_CTX_set_ciphersuites
 do :
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d713360f340..f56681e0d91 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1322,13 +1322,8 @@ if test "$with_ssl" = openssl ; then
   # Minimum required OpenSSL version is 1.1.1
   AC_DEFINE(OPENSSL_API_COMPAT, [0x10101000L],
             [Define to the OpenSSL API version in use. This avoids deprecation warnings from newer OpenSSL versions.])
-  if test "$PORTNAME" != "win32"; then
-     AC_CHECK_LIB(crypto, CRYPTO_new_ex_data, [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([library 'crypto' is required for OpenSSL])])
-     AC_CHECK_LIB(ssl,    SSL_new, [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([library 'ssl' is required for OpenSSL])])
-  else
-     AC_SEARCH_LIBS(CRYPTO_new_ex_data, [eay32 crypto], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([library 'eay32' or 'crypto' is required for OpenSSL])])
-     AC_SEARCH_LIBS(SSL_new, [ssleay32 ssl], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([library 'ssleay32' or 'ssl' is required for OpenSSL])])
-  fi
+  AC_CHECK_LIB(crypto, CRYPTO_new_ex_data, [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([library 'crypto' is required for OpenSSL])])
+  AC_CHECK_LIB(ssl,    SSL_new, [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([library 'ssl' is required for OpenSSL])])
   # Functions introduced in OpenSSL 1.1.1.
   AC_CHECK_FUNCS([SSL_CTX_set_ciphersuites], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([OpenSSL version >= 1.1.1 is required for SSL support])])
   # Function introduced in OpenSSL 1.0.2, not in LibreSSL.
diff --git a/contrib/pgcrypto/Makefile b/contrib/pgcrypto/Makefile
index d40216dd420..11c4455dd05 100644
--- a/contrib/pgcrypto/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/pgcrypto/Makefile
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ endif
 # matter.)
 SHLIB_LINK += $(filter -lcrypto -lz, $(LIBS))
 ifeq ($(PORTNAME), win32)
-SHLIB_LINK += $(filter -leay32, $(LIBS))
 # those must be at the end
 SHLIB_LINK += -lws2_32
 endif
diff --git a/contrib/sslinfo/Makefile b/contrib/sslinfo/Makefile
index dd1ff83b16d..14305594e2d 100644
--- a/contrib/sslinfo/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/sslinfo/Makefile
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
 include $(top_srcdir)/contrib/contrib-global.mk
 endif
 
-SHLIB_LINK += $(filter -lssl -lcrypto -lssleay32 -leay32, $(LIBS))
+SHLIB_LINK += $(filter -lssl -lcrypto, $(LIBS))
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/Makefile b/src/interfaces/libpq/Makefile
index 6a0def7273c..701810a272a 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/Makefile
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/Makefile
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ else
 SHLIB_LINK += $(filter -lcrypt -ldes -lcom_err -lcrypto -lk5crypto -lkrb5 -lgssapi32 -lssl -lsocket -lnsl -lresolv -lintl -lm $(PTHREAD_LIBS), $(LIBS)) $(LDAP_LIBS_FE)
 endif
 ifeq ($(PORTNAME), win32)
-SHLIB_LINK += -lshell32 -lws2_32 -lsecur32 $(filter -leay32 -lssleay32 -lcomerr32 -lkrb5_32, $(LIBS))
+SHLIB_LINK += -lshell32 -lws2_32 -lsecur32 $(filter -lcomerr32 -lkrb5_32, $(LIBS))
 endif
 SHLIB_PREREQS = submake-libpgport
 
diff --git a/src/test/modules/ssl_passphrase_callback/Makefile b/src/test/modules/ssl_passphrase_callback/Makefile
index 40ed38dc707..7f977dbabf0 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/ssl_passphrase_callback/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/ssl_passphrase_callback/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
 include $(top_srcdir)/contrib/contrib-global.mk
 endif
 
-SHLIB_LINK += $(filter -lssl -lcrypto -lssleay32 -leay32, $(LIBS))
+SHLIB_LINK += $(filter -lssl -lcrypto, $(LIBS))
 
 # Targets to generate or remove the ssl certificate and key
 # Normally not needed. Don't run these targets in a vpath build, the results