diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index 900e96dec..acd744f60 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -24751,67 +24751,6 @@ int wolfSSL_HMAC_CTX_copy(WOLFSSL_HMAC_CTX* des, WOLFSSL_HMAC_CTX* src)
         return SSL_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-/* duplicate from wolfcrypt/src/hmac.c needs refactored */
-static int _InitHmac(Hmac* hmac, int type, void* heap)
-{
-     int ret = 0;
-
-    switch (type) {
-    #ifndef NO_MD5
-        case MD5:
-            ret = wc_InitMd5(&hmac->hash.md5);
-            break;
-    #endif /* !NO_MD5 */
-
-    #ifndef NO_SHA
-        case SHA:
-            ret = wc_InitSha(&hmac->hash.sha);
-            break;
-    #endif /* !NO_SHA */
-
-    #ifdef WOLFSSL_SHA224
-        case SHA224:
-            ret = wc_InitSha224(&hmac->hash.sha224);
-            break;
-    #endif /* WOLFSSL_SHA224 */
-
-    #ifndef NO_SHA256
-        case SHA256:
-            ret = wc_InitSha256(&hmac->hash.sha256);
-            break;
-    #endif /* !NO_SHA256 */
-
-    #ifdef WOLFSSL_SHA512
-    #ifdef WOLFSSL_SHA384
-        case SHA384:
-            ret = wc_InitSha384(&hmac->hash.sha384);
-            break;
-    #endif /* WOLFSSL_SHA384 */
-        case SHA512:
-            ret = wc_InitSha512(&hmac->hash.sha512);
-            break;
-    #endif /* WOLFSSL_SHA512 */
-
-    #ifdef HAVE_BLAKE2
-        case BLAKE2B_ID:
-            ret = wc_InitBlake2b(&hmac->hash.blake2b, BLAKE2B_256);
-            break;
-    #endif /* HAVE_BLAKE2 */
-
-        default:
-            ret = BAD_FUNC_ARG;
-            break;
-    }
-
-    /* default to NULL heap hint or test value */
-#ifdef WOLFSSL_HEAP_TEST
-    hmac->heap = (void)WOLFSSL_HEAP_TEST;
-#else
-    hmac->heap = heap;
-#endif /* WOLFSSL_HEAP_TEST */
-
-    return ret;
-}
 int wolfSSL_HMAC_Init(WOLFSSL_HMAC_CTX* ctx, const void* key, int keylen,
                   const EVP_MD* type)
 {
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/hmac.c b/wolfcrypt/src/hmac.c
index f4c1e89f3..f9a75b32c 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/hmac.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/hmac.c
@@ -166,9 +166,13 @@ int wc_HmacSizeByType(int type)
     return ret;
 }
 
+#ifdef OPENSSL_EXTRA
+    WOLFSSL_LOCAL
+#else
+    static
+#endif
 
-/* software implementation */
-static int _InitHmac(Hmac* hmac, int type, void* heap)
+int _InitHmac(Hmac* hmac, int type, void* heap)
 {
     int ret = 0;
 
diff --git a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/hmac.h b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/hmac.h
index e21ec6205..0e835388f 100644
--- a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/hmac.h
+++ b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/hmac.h
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ WOLFSSL_API void wc_HmacFree(Hmac*);
 
 WOLFSSL_API int wolfSSL_GetHmacMaxSize(void);
 
+#ifdef OPENSSL_EXTRA
+    WOLFSSL_LOCAL int _InitHmac(Hmac* hmac, int type, void* heap);
+#endif
+
 #ifdef HAVE_HKDF
 
 WOLFSSL_API int wc_HKDF_Extract(int type, const byte* salt, word32 saltSz,