diff --git a/library/ssl_tls.c b/library/ssl_tls.c
index 304e61f42d..3fa303b297 100644
--- a/library/ssl_tls.c
+++ b/library/ssl_tls.c
@@ -853,7 +853,6 @@ static int ssl_handshake_init( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
     else
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_TLS1_2 */
     {
-        ssl->handshake->sig_algs = ssl->conf->sig_algs;
         ssl->handshake->sig_algs_heap_allocated = 0;
     }
 #endif /* !MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED_REMOVED */