diff --git a/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_vars.c b/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_vars.c
index c32e77c6c7e..3f9bea18b37 100644
--- a/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_vars.c
+++ b/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_vars.c
@@ -839,10 +839,7 @@ static const char *ssl_var_lookup_ssl_cert_valid(apr_pool_t *p, ASN1_TIME *tm)
  * "0" if this can't be determined. */
 static const char *ssl_var_lookup_ssl_cert_remain(apr_pool_t *p, ASN1_TIME *tm)
 {
-/* NOTE: temporary workaround to disable this for HAVE_OPENSSL_ECH since the
- * feature/ech branch is missing 9fb44b527ee3717795609fb876a7a81f8898c623 */
-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10101000L && !defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER) \
-    && !defined(HAVE_OPENSSL_ECH)
+#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10101000L && !defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER)
     int diff;
 
     if (INVALID_ASN1_TIME(tm) || ASN1_TIME_diff(&diff, NULL, NULL, tm) != 1) {