diff --git a/include/libwebsockets.h b/include/libwebsockets.h
index 8fb98c344..7454828a4 100644
--- a/include/libwebsockets.h
+++ b/include/libwebsockets.h
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include "lws_config.h"
 
-#if defined(LWS_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED_API_WARNINGS)
-#define OPENSSL_USE_DEPRECATED
-#endif
-
 /* place for one-shot opaque forward references */
 
 typedef struct lws_context * lws_ctx_t;
diff --git a/lib/core/private-lib-core.h b/lib/core/private-lib-core.h
index 6cdc91cff..8767ec165 100644
--- a/lib/core/private-lib-core.h
+++ b/lib/core/private-lib-core.h
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
  #define  _GNU_SOURCE
 #endif
 
+#if defined(LWS_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED_API_WARNINGS)
+#define OPENSSL_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED
+#endif
+
 /*
 #if !defined(_POSIX_C_SOURCE)
 #define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200112L