diff --git a/crypto/evp/digestsign.c b/crypto/evp/digestsign.c
index ccb4de4f..69c483ad 100644
--- a/crypto/evp/digestsign.c
+++ b/crypto/evp/digestsign.c
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
 
 #include <openssl/evp.h>
 
-#include <openssl/digest.h>
 #include <openssl/err.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
@@ -78,10 +77,6 @@ static int do_sigver_init(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, EVP_PKEY_CTX **pctx,
   }
   ctx->pctx_ops = &md_pctx_ops;
 
-  if (type == NULL) {
-    type = EVP_sha1();
-  }
-
   if (type == NULL) {
     OPENSSL_PUT_ERROR(EVP, EVP_R_NO_DEFAULT_DIGEST);
     return 0;