diff --git a/VMS/openssl_ivp.com.in b/VMS/openssl_ivp.com.in
index 950542bb671dca6ec6bd666413b55a2e57b6595f..6a944fadefcefaf11bfc8e5a7793e6c8dea8ca28 100644
--- a/VMS/openssl_ivp.com.in
+++ b/VMS/openssl_ivp.com.in
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ $	INSTALLTOP_ = F$PARSE("A.;",INSTALLTOP,,,"NO_CONCEAL") -
 $	OPENSSLDIR_ = F$PARSE("A.;",OPENSSLDIR,,,"NO_CONCEAL") -
 		     - ".][000000" - "[000000." - "][" - "]A.;" + "."
 $
-$	@'INSTALLTOP_'SYS$STARTUP]openssl_startup
-$	@'INSTALLTOP_'SYS$STARTUP]openssl_utils
-$
 $	v    := {- sprintf "%02d%02d", split(/\./, $config{version}) -}
 $	pz   := {- $config{pointer_size} -}
 $	
+$	@'INSTALLTOP_'SYS$STARTUP]openssl_startup'v'
+$	@'INSTALLTOP_'SYS$STARTUP]openssl_utils'v'
+$
 $	IF F$SEARCH("OSSL$LIBCRYPTO''pz'") .EQS. "" -
            .OR. F$SEARCH("OSSL$LIBSSL''pz'") .EQS. "" -
            .OR. F$SEARCH("OSSL$LIBCRYPTO_SHR''pz'") .EQS. "" -