1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/conf/conf_api.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/conf/conf_api.c
index 6fe071e12c..464edcd4ff 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/conf/conf_api.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/conf/conf_api.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: conf_api.c,v 1.16 2023/07/08 08:26:26 beck Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: conf_api.c,v 1.17 2024/01/24 14:05:10 jsing Exp $ */
 /* Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)
  * All rights reserved.
  *
@@ -205,9 +205,6 @@ _CONF_free_data(CONF *conf)
         if (conf == NULL || conf->data == NULL)
                 return;
 
-        lh_CONF_VALUE_down_load(conf->data) = 0; /* evil thing to make
-                                                  * sure the 'free()' works as
-                                                  * expected */
         lh_CONF_VALUE_doall_arg(conf->data,
             LHASH_DOALL_ARG_FN(value_free_hash),
             LHASH_OF(CONF_VALUE), conf->data);