diff --git a/ssl/ssl_locl.h b/ssl/ssl_locl.h
index 7fc4ef33c2bb2494c3ec1d3deda58a2bdbf76d1a..76e3a737a7516998f9107a34b82b2c2f16d067b5 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl_locl.h
+++ b/ssl/ssl_locl.h
@@ -1300,8 +1300,6 @@ typedef struct ssl3_state_st {
         size_t peer_sigalgslen;
         /* Sigalg peer actualy uses */
         const SIGALG_LOOKUP *peer_sigalg;
-        /* Digest peer uses for signing */
-        const EVP_MD *peer_md;
         /* Array of digests used for signing */
         const EVP_MD *md[SSL_PKEY_NUM];
         /*
diff --git a/ssl/statem/statem_clnt.c b/ssl/statem/statem_clnt.c
index 7053ef29baa22074d624864c79e1e8753f611452..e5c60aee7825e170fa3c14bb29e1d1cbc5961166 100644
--- a/ssl/statem/statem_clnt.c
+++ b/ssl/statem/statem_clnt.c
@@ -1981,7 +1981,7 @@ MSG_PROCESS_RETURN tls_process_key_exchange(SSL *s, PACKET *pkt)
                 al = SSL_AD_DECODE_ERROR;
                 goto err;
             }
-            md = s->s3->tmp.peer_md;
+            md = ssl_md(s->s3->tmp.peer_sigalg->hash_idx);
 #ifdef SSL_DEBUG
             fprintf(stderr, "USING TLSv1.2 HASH %s\n", EVP_MD_name(md));
 #endif
diff --git a/ssl/statem/statem_lib.c b/ssl/statem/statem_lib.c
index a05b67f1eae3a6abad880dddc7cae18fbf7c7cc5..e21a1027daee70d6bd3410695e74959d825653c5 100644
--- a/ssl/statem/statem_lib.c
+++ b/ssl/statem/statem_lib.c
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ MSG_PROCESS_RETURN tls_process_cert_verify(SSL *s, PACKET *pkt)
                 al = SSL_AD_DECODE_ERROR;
                 goto f_err;
             }
-            md = s->s3->tmp.peer_md;
+            md = ssl_md(s->s3->tmp.peer_sigalg->hash_idx);
 #ifdef SSL_DEBUG
             fprintf(stderr, "USING TLSv1.2 HASH %s\n", EVP_MD_name(md));
 #endif
diff --git a/ssl/t1_lib.c b/ssl/t1_lib.c
index 74b37e05bb1b063b41b5f7bb4680225811a57b5d..ad6ac5f26b608f3794108175080a3ded857f477c 100644
--- a/ssl/t1_lib.c
+++ b/ssl/t1_lib.c
@@ -937,10 +937,7 @@ int tls12_check_peer_sigalg(SSL *s, uint16_t sig, EVP_PKEY *pkey)
         SSLerr(SSL_F_TLS12_CHECK_PEER_SIGALG, SSL_R_WRONG_SIGNATURE_TYPE);
         return 0;
     }
-    /*
-     * Store the digest used so applications can retrieve it if they wish.
-     */
-    s->s3->tmp.peer_md = md;
+    /* Store the sigalg the peer uses */
     s->s3->tmp.peer_sigalg = lu;
     return 1;
 }