> From: openssl-users [mailto:openssl-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Lynch, Andrew > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 07:53 > > Our current workaround is to repoint OPENSSL_CONF to a duplicate of > the file in which the line "engines = engine_section" has been commented out. > Then the engine is not referenced at all. As the configuration files contain > a large number of other settings managing two almost identical copies is not > desirable. Is this a case where the .include mechanism or the $ENV::name syntax could resolve the duplicate-configuration issue? That's the approach I've taken with my test CA. See https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.1.1/man5/config.html. Unfortunately I haven't looked at how the engine system may have changed in 1.1.1, so I can't respond to your main question. -- Michael Wojcik Distinguished Engineer, Micro Focus