diff --git a/include/openssl/ssl.h b/include/openssl/ssl.h
index 82e1da8..43f5102 100644
--- a/include/openssl/ssl.h
+++ b/include/openssl/ssl.h
@@ -4894,12 +4894,6 @@
 OPENSSL_EXPORT int SSL_add_dir_cert_subjects_to_stack(STACK_OF(X509_NAME) *out,
                                                       const char *dir);
 
-// SSL_set_verify_result calls |abort| unless |result| is |X509_V_OK|.
-//
-// TODO(davidben): Remove this function once it has been removed from
-// netty-tcnative.
-OPENSSL_EXPORT void SSL_set_verify_result(SSL *ssl, long result);
-
 // SSL_CTX_enable_tls_channel_id calls |SSL_CTX_set_tls_channel_id_enabled|.
 OPENSSL_EXPORT int SSL_CTX_enable_tls_channel_id(SSL_CTX *ctx);
 
diff --git a/ssl/ssl_x509.cc b/ssl/ssl_x509.cc
index 8d340d3..680f253 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl_x509.cc
+++ b/ssl/ssl_x509.cc
@@ -711,13 +711,6 @@
   return X509_STORE_load_locations(ctx->cert_store, ca_file, ca_dir);
 }
 
-void SSL_set_verify_result(SSL *ssl, long result) {
-  check_ssl_x509_method(ssl);
-  if (result != X509_V_OK) {
-    abort();
-  }
-}
-
 long SSL_get_verify_result(const SSL *ssl) {
   check_ssl_x509_method(ssl);
   SSL_SESSION *session = SSL_get_session(ssl);