diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index b60be116b6139b..8efe860c93d9a4 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ InitializationResult InitializeOncePerProcess(
   }
 
   if (init_flags & kInitOpenSSL) {
-#if HAVE_OPENSSL
+#if HAVE_OPENSSL && !defined(OPENSSL_IS_BORINGSSL)
     {
       std::string extra_ca_certs;
       if (credentials::SafeGetenv("NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS", &extra_ca_certs))