diff --git a/scripts/sign-file.c b/scripts/sign-file.c
index 93816c7bf9f3..78d8e0407ba0 100644
--- a/scripts/sign-file.c
+++ b/scripts/sign-file.c
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ static void display_openssl_errors(int l)
 	}
 }
 
-#ifndef OPENSSL_NO_ENGINE
 static void drain_openssl_errors(void)
 {
 	const char *file;
@@ -109,7 +108,6 @@ static void drain_openssl_errors(void)
 		return;
 	while (ERR_get_error_line(&file, &line)) {}
 }
-#endif
 
 #define ERR(cond, fmt, ...)				\
 	do {						\