diff --git a/crypto/bn/bn_rand.c b/crypto/bn/bn_rand.c
index d550f497d9f55da6b42aa4e1cee9d89eb4eba75d..7c0ec5153d181de65b01d059f3b95ee96bbec6d0 100644
--- a/crypto/bn/bn_rand.c
+++ b/crypto/bn/bn_rand.c
@@ -248,15 +248,7 @@ static int bn_rand_range(int pseudo, BIGNUM *r, const BIGNUM *range)
 
 	if (n == 1)
 		BN_zero(r);
-#ifdef OPENSSL_FIPS
-	/* FIPS 186-3 is picky about how random numbers for keys etc are
-	 * generated. So we just use the second case which is equivalent to
-	 * "Generation by Testing Candidates" mentioned in B.1.2 et al.
-	 */
-	else if (!FIPS_module_mode() && !BN_is_bit_set(range, n - 2) && !BN_is_bit_set(range, n - 3))
-#else
 	else if (!BN_is_bit_set(range, n - 2) && !BN_is_bit_set(range, n - 3))
-#endif
 		{
 		/* range = 100..._2,
 		 * so  3*range (= 11..._2)  is exactly one bit longer than  range */