diff --git a/crypto/objects/objects.txt b/crypto/objects/objects.txt
index 2fc85b4bc4628c0800da70a66e986e0852861a84..57d13b6a541d43f90ea5685e7b0d8942850816a6 100644
--- a/crypto/objects/objects.txt
+++ b/crypto/objects/objects.txt
@@ -839,8 +839,6 @@ mime-mhs-headings 1	: id-hex-partial-message : id-hex-partial-message
 mime-mhs-headings 2	: id-hex-multipart-message : id-hex-multipart-message
 
 # What the hell are these OIDs, really?
-!Cname rle-compression
-1 1 1 1 666 1		: RLE			: run length compression
 !Cname zlib-compression
 id-smime-alg 8		: ZLIB			: zlib compression
 
diff --git a/include/openssl/comp.h b/include/openssl/comp.h
index 406c428aaeed7ee6e993e7607d9f22b8ef1ca4df..6799b0f4721aaea25c2e444eed810e24a0ad80f4 100644
--- a/include/openssl/comp.h
+++ b/include/openssl/comp.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ int COMP_compress_block(COMP_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *out, int olen,
                         unsigned char *in, int ilen);
 int COMP_expand_block(COMP_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *out, int olen,
                       unsigned char *in, int ilen);
-COMP_METHOD *COMP_rle(void);
 COMP_METHOD *COMP_zlib(void);
 void COMP_zlib_cleanup(void);