diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 02ecc4c..0a2316a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -106,9 +106,6 @@ fi
 dnl Availability of various common headers (non-fatal if missing).
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([dlfcn.h])
 
-#Check for openssl development libs, we are using in simc_lsmplugin
-AC_CHECK_LIB([crypto], [MD5_Final], [SSL_LIBS=-lcrypto], AC_MSG_ERROR([Missing openssl-devel libraries]))
-AC_SUBST([SSL_LIBS])
 #Check for sqlite development libs for simc_lsmplugin
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SQLITE3], [sqlite3])
 
diff --git a/packaging/libstoragemgmt.spec.in b/packaging/libstoragemgmt.spec.in
index 4c19606..6148cb5 100644
--- a/packaging/libstoragemgmt.spec.in
+++ b/packaging/libstoragemgmt.spec.in
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ Obsoletes:      %{name}-nfs-plugin-clibs < %{version}-%{release}
 
 BuildRequires:  gcc gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  autoconf automake libtool libxml2-devel check-devel perl-interpreter
-BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
 BuildRequires:  glib2-devel
 BuildRequires:  systemd
 BuildRequires:  bash-completion
diff --git a/plugin/sim_plugin/simarray.py b/plugin/sim_plugin/simarray.py
index c39f5f0..c5471bb 100644
--- a/plugin/sim_plugin/simarray.py
+++ b/plugin/sim_plugin/simarray.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def data_disk_count(raid_type, disk_count):
 
 class BackStore(object):
     VERSION = "4.1"
-    VERSION_SIGNATURE = 'LSM_SIMULATOR_DATA_%s_%s' % (VERSION, md5(VERSION))
+    VERSION_SIGNATURE = 'LSM_SIMULATOR_DATA_%s' % (VERSION)
     JOB_DEFAULT_DURATION = 1
     JOB_DATA_TYPE_VOL = 1
     JOB_DATA_TYPE_FS = 2
diff --git a/plugin/simc/db.c b/plugin/simc/db.c
index 8f8e1e9..fd5b797 100644
--- a/plugin/simc/db.c
+++ b/plugin/simc/db.c
@@ -354,13 +354,8 @@ out:
 }
 
 static const char *_sys_version(void) {
-    char version_md5[_MD5_HASH_STR_LEN];
-
-    _md5(_DB_VERSION, version_md5);
-
-    snprintf(_SYS_VERSION, _BUFF_SIZE, "%s_%s_%s", _DB_VERSION_STR_PREFIX,
-             _DB_VERSION, version_md5);
-
+    snprintf(_SYS_VERSION, _BUFF_SIZE, "%s_%s", _DB_VERSION_STR_PREFIX,
+        _DB_VERSION);
     return _SYS_VERSION;
 }
 
diff --git a/plugin/simc/simc_lsmplugin.c b/plugin/simc/simc_lsmplugin.c
index 5eea918..13e0166 100644
--- a/plugin/simc/simc_lsmplugin.c
+++ b/plugin/simc/simc_lsmplugin.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <openssl/md5.h>
 #include <sqlite3.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/plugin/simc/utils.c b/plugin/simc/utils.c
index 99cbef7..616ea75 100644
--- a/plugin/simc/utils.c
+++ b/plugin/simc/utils.c
@@ -49,19 +49,6 @@ int _get_db_from_plugin_ptr(char *err_msg, lsm_plugin_ptr c, sqlite3 **db) {
     return rc;
 }
 
-void _md5(const char *data, char *out_hash) {
-    int i = 0;
-    unsigned char digest[MD5_DIGEST_LENGTH];
-
-    assert(data != NULL);
-    assert(out_hash != NULL);
-
-    MD5((const unsigned char *)data, strlen(data), digest);
-
-    for (; i < MD5_DIGEST_LENGTH; ++i)
-        sprintf(out_hash + i * 2, "%02x", (unsigned int)digest[i]);
-}
-
 /*
  * Copy from c_binding/utils.c, will remove if that was exposed out.
  */
diff --git a/plugin/simc/utils.h b/plugin/simc/utils.h
index f018b0a..30c9bb8 100644
--- a/plugin/simc/utils.h
+++ b/plugin/simc/utils.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #ifndef _SIMC_UTILS_H_
 #define _SIMC_UTILS_H_
 
-#include <openssl/md5.h>
 #include <sqlite3.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -145,12 +144,6 @@ struct _simc_private_data {
     }
 int _get_db_from_plugin_ptr(char *err_msg, lsm_plugin_ptr c, sqlite3 **db);
 
-/*
- * data:        Non-NULL pointer to a string.
- * out_hash:    Pointer to char[_MD5_HASH_STR_LEN]
- */
-void _md5(const char *data, char *out_hash);
-
 /*
  * true if file exists or false.
  */