diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 432837c5a..b13616fc7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
 #                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
 #
-# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2019, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2020, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 #
 # This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
 # you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ if(WIN32)
 endif()
 
 # check SSL libraries
-# TODO support GNUTLS, POLARSSL, CYASSL
+# TODO support GnuTLS and WolfSSL
 
 if(APPLE)
   option(CMAKE_USE_SECTRANSP "enable Apple OS native SSL/TLS" OFF)
diff --git a/lib/curl_config.h.cmake b/lib/curl_config.h.cmake
index 1f6c3154f..fda0926b5 100644
--- a/lib/curl_config.h.cmake
+++ b/lib/curl_config.h.cmake
@@ -939,9 +939,6 @@ ${SIZEOF_TIME_T_CODE}
 /* if GnuTLS is enabled */
 #cmakedefine USE_GNUTLS 1
 
-/* if PolarSSL is enabled */
-#cmakedefine USE_POLARSSL 1
-
 /* if Secure Transport is enabled */
 #cmakedefine USE_SECTRANSP 1
 
diff --git a/src/tool_metalink.c b/src/tool_metalink.c
index 7acbb7a07..f87f686f1 100644
--- a/src/tool_metalink.c
+++ b/src/tool_metalink.c
@@ -54,13 +54,6 @@
 #  define SHA256_CTX void *
 #  define HAVE_NSS_CONTEXT
    static NSSInitContext *nss_context;
-#elif defined(USE_POLARSSL)
-#  include <polarssl/md5.h>
-#  include <polarssl/sha1.h>
-#  include <polarssl/sha256.h>
-#  define MD5_CTX    md5_context
-#  define SHA_CTX    sha1_context
-#  define SHA256_CTX sha256_context
 #elif (defined(__MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED) && \
               (__MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 1040)) || \
       (defined(__IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED) && \
@@ -325,62 +318,6 @@ static void SHA256_Final(unsigned char digest[32], SHA256_CTX *pctx)
   nss_hash_final(pctx, digest, 32);
 }
 
-#elif defined(USE_POLARSSL)
-
-static int MD5_Init(MD5_CTX *ctx)
-{
-  md5_starts(ctx);
-  return 1;
-}
-
-static void MD5_Update(MD5_CTX *ctx,
-                       const unsigned char *input,
-                       unsigned int inputLen)
-{
-  md5_update(ctx, input, inputLen);
-}
-
-static void MD5_Final(unsigned char digest[16], MD5_CTX *ctx)
-{
-  md5_finish(ctx, digest);
-}
-
-static int SHA1_Init(SHA_CTX *ctx)
-{
-  sha1_starts(ctx);
-  return 1;
-}
-
-static void SHA1_Update(SHA_CTX *ctx,
-                        const unsigned char *input,
-                        unsigned int inputLen)
-{
-  sha1_update(ctx, input, inputLen);
-}
-
-static void SHA1_Final(unsigned char digest[20], SHA_CTX *ctx)
-{
-  sha1_finish(ctx, digest);
-}
-
-static int SHA256_Init(SHA256_CTX *ctx)
-{
-  sha256_starts(ctx, 0); /* 0 = sha256 */
-  return 1;
-}
-
-static void SHA256_Update(SHA256_CTX *ctx,
-                          const unsigned char *input,
-                          unsigned int inputLen)
-{
-  sha256_update(ctx, input, inputLen);
-}
-
-static void SHA256_Final(unsigned char digest[32], SHA256_CTX *ctx)
-{
-  sha256_finish(ctx, digest);
-}
-
 #elif defined(USE_WIN32_CRYPTO)
 
 static void win32_crypto_final(struct win32_crypto_hash *ctx,