diff --git a/rsaref/rsaref.c b/rsaref/rsaref.c
index a2febddbfd42a7af13c64c9ef147b209ffb7dd3f..7677eb9fce9fa10c9f7c2abf4e082f32d6a5fbde 100644
--- a/rsaref/rsaref.c
+++ b/rsaref/rsaref.c
@@ -209,11 +209,6 @@ int RSA_ref_private_decrypt(int len, unsigned char *from, unsigned char *to,
 
 	if (!RSAref_Private_eay2ref(rsa,&RSAkey))
 		goto err;
-	if (len > RSAref_MAX_LEN)
-		{
-		RSAREFerr(RSAREF_F_RSA_REF_PRIVATE_DECRYPT,RSAREF_R_LEN);
-		goto err;
-		}
 	if ((i=RSAPrivateDecrypt(to,&outlen,from,len,&RSAkey)) != 0)
 		{
 		RSAREFerr(RSAREF_F_RSA_REF_PRIVATE_DECRYPT,i);
@@ -237,11 +232,6 @@ int RSA_ref_private_encrypt(int len, unsigned char *from, unsigned char *to,
 	}
 	if (!RSAref_Private_eay2ref(rsa,&RSAkey))
 		goto err;
-	if (len + 3 > RSAref_MAX_LEN)
-		{
-		RSAREFerr(RSAREF_F_RSA_REF_PRIVATE_ENCRYPT,RSAREF_R_LEN);
-		goto err;
-		}
 	if ((i=RSAPrivateEncrypt(to,&outlen,from,len,&RSAkey)) != 0)
 		{
 		RSAREFerr(RSAREF_F_RSA_REF_PRIVATE_ENCRYPT,i);
@@ -260,11 +250,6 @@ int RSA_ref_public_decrypt(int len, unsigned char *from, unsigned char *to,
 
 	if (!RSAref_Public_eay2ref(rsa,&RSAkey))
 		goto err;
-	if (len > RSAref_MAX_LEN)
-		{
-		RSAREFerr(RSAREF_F_RSA_REF_PUBLIC_DECRYPT,RSAREF_R_LEN);
-		goto err;
-		}
 	if ((i=RSAPublicDecrypt(to,&outlen,from,len,&RSAkey)) != 0)
 		{
 		RSAREFerr(RSAREF_F_RSA_REF_PUBLIC_DECRYPT,i);
@@ -301,11 +286,6 @@ int RSA_ref_public_encrypt(int len, unsigned char *from, unsigned char *to,
 
 	if (!RSAref_Public_eay2ref(rsa,&RSAkey))
 		goto err;
-	if (len + 3 > RSAref_MAX_LEN)
-		{
-		RSAREFerr(RSAREF_F_RSA_REF_PUBLIC_ENCRYPT,RSAREF_R_LEN);
-		goto err;
-		}
 	if ((i=RSAPublicEncrypt(to,&outlen,from,len,&RSAkey,&rnd)) != 0)
 		{
 		RSAREFerr(RSAREF_F_RSA_REF_PUBLIC_ENCRYPT,i);