diff --git a/library/ssl_tls.c b/library/ssl_tls.c
index beac684..e5f979d 100644
--- a/library/ssl_tls.c
+++ b/library/ssl_tls.c
@@ -834,12 +834,8 @@
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_SHA512_C */
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_2 */
 
-static void ssl_update_checksum_start( mbedtls_ssl_context *, const unsigned char *, size_t );
-
-#if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_SSL3) || defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1) || \
-    defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_1)
-static void ssl_update_checksum_md5sha1( mbedtls_ssl_context *, const unsigned char *, size_t );
-#endif
+static void ssl_update_checksum( mbedtls_ssl_context *,
+                                 const unsigned char *, size_t );
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_SSL3)
 static void ssl_calc_verify_ssl( const mbedtls_ssl_context *, unsigned char *, size_t * );
@@ -853,13 +849,11 @@
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_2)
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SHA256_C)
-static void ssl_update_checksum_sha256( mbedtls_ssl_context *, const unsigned char *, size_t );
 static void ssl_calc_verify_tls_sha256( const mbedtls_ssl_context *,unsigned char *, size_t * );
 static void ssl_calc_finished_tls_sha256( mbedtls_ssl_context *,unsigned char *, int );
 #endif
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SHA512_C)
-static void ssl_update_checksum_sha384( mbedtls_ssl_context *, const unsigned char *, size_t );
 static void ssl_calc_verify_tls_sha384( const mbedtls_ssl_context *, unsigned char *, size_t * );
 static void ssl_calc_finished_tls_sha384( mbedtls_ssl_context *, unsigned char *, int );
 #endif
@@ -7378,40 +7372,11 @@
     return( 0 );
 }
 
-void mbedtls_ssl_optimize_checksum( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl,
-                            mbedtls_ssl_ciphersuite_handle_t ciphersuite_info )
-{
-    ((void) ciphersuite_info);
-
-#if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_SSL3) || defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1) || \
-    defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_1)
-    if( mbedtls_ssl_get_minor_ver( ssl ) < MBEDTLS_SSL_MINOR_VERSION_3 )
-        ssl->handshake->update_checksum = ssl_update_checksum_md5sha1;
-    else
-#endif
-#if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_2)
-#if defined(MBEDTLS_SHA512_C)
-    if( mbedtls_ssl_suite_get_mac( ciphersuite_info ) == MBEDTLS_MD_SHA384 )
-        ssl->handshake->update_checksum = ssl_update_checksum_sha384;
-    else
-#endif
-#if defined(MBEDTLS_SHA256_C)
-    if( mbedtls_ssl_suite_get_mac( ciphersuite_info ) != MBEDTLS_MD_SHA384 )
-        ssl->handshake->update_checksum = ssl_update_checksum_sha256;
-    else
-#endif
-#endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_2 */
-    {
-        MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_MSG( 1, ( "should never happen" ) );
-        return;
-    }
-}
-
 void mbedtls_ssl_reset_checksum( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 {
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_SSL3) || defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1) || \
     defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_1)
-     mbedtls_md5_starts_ret( &ssl->handshake->fin_md5  );
+    mbedtls_md5_starts_ret( &ssl->handshake->fin_md5  );
     mbedtls_sha1_starts_ret( &ssl->handshake->fin_sha1 );
 #endif
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_2)
@@ -7424,8 +7389,8 @@
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_2 */
 }
 
-static void ssl_update_checksum_start( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl,
-                                       const unsigned char *buf, size_t len )
+static void ssl_update_checksum( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl,
+                                 const unsigned char *buf, size_t len )
 {
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_SSL3) || defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1) || \
     defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_1)
@@ -7442,34 +7407,6 @@
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_2 */
 }
 
-#if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_SSL3) || defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1) || \
-    defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_1)
-static void ssl_update_checksum_md5sha1( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl,
-                                         const unsigned char *buf, size_t len )
-{
-     mbedtls_md5_update_ret( &ssl->handshake->fin_md5 , buf, len );
-    mbedtls_sha1_update_ret( &ssl->handshake->fin_sha1, buf, len );
-}
-#endif
-
-#if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_2)
-#if defined(MBEDTLS_SHA256_C)
-static void ssl_update_checksum_sha256( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl,
-                                        const unsigned char *buf, size_t len )
-{
-    mbedtls_sha256_update_ret( &ssl->handshake->fin_sha256, buf, len );
-}
-#endif
-
-#if defined(MBEDTLS_SHA512_C)
-static void ssl_update_checksum_sha384( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl,
-                                        const unsigned char *buf, size_t len )
-{
-    mbedtls_sha512_update_ret( &ssl->handshake->fin_sha512, buf, len );
-}
-#endif
-#endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_2 */
-
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_SSL3)
 static void ssl_calc_finished_ssl(
                 mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl, unsigned char *buf, int from )
@@ -8064,7 +8001,7 @@
 #endif
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_2 */
 
-    handshake->update_checksum = ssl_update_checksum_start;
+    handshake->update_checksum = ssl_update_checksum;
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_2) && \
     defined(MBEDTLS_KEY_EXCHANGE__WITH_CERT__ENABLED)