diff --git a/crypto/openssl/BSDmakefile b/crypto/openssl/BSDmakefile
index 514c87ae3a8e..c6b539be0432 100644
--- a/crypto/openssl/BSDmakefile
+++ b/crypto/openssl/BSDmakefile
@@ -1,116 +1,96 @@
 # This BSD makefile helps provide a deterministic means of doing a "clean"
 # vendor import of OpenSSL.
 #
 # Recommended use:
 #
 #   % make clean
 #   % make all
 
 NO_OBJ=
 
 LCRYPTO_SRC=	${SRCTOP}/crypto/openssl
 LCRYPTO_DOC=	${LCRYPTO_SRC}/doc
 
 CAT?=		/bin/cat
 GMAKE?=		gmake
 MV?=		/bin/mv
 PERL?=		perl
 SETENVI=	/usr/bin/env -i
 
 BN_CONF_H=		include/crypto/bn_conf.h
 BN_CONF_H_ORIG=		${BN_CONF_H}.orig
 CONFIGURATION_H=	include/openssl/configuration.h
 CONFIGURATION_H_ORIG=	${CONFIGURATION_H}.orig
 
 .PHONY: configure patch all
 .ORDER: configure patch all
 
 LOCALBASE=	/usr/local
 WRK_ENV=	PATH=${LOCALBASE}/bin:/bin:/usr/bin
 
 configure:
 	@(cd ${.CURDIR} && ${SETENVI} \
 	    ${PERL} ./Configure \
 	    disable-aria \
 	    disable-egd \
 	    disable-idea \
 	    disable-mdc2 \
 	    disable-sm2 \
 	    disable-sm3 \
 	    disable-sm4 \
 	    enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128 \
 	    enable-ktls \
 	    enable-sctp \
 	    --openssldir=etc \
 	    --prefix=/usr)
-	@echo "Building configdata.pm for later use."
-	@(cd ${.CURDIR} && \
-	    ${SETENVI} ${WRK_ENV} ${GMAKE} -j ${.MAKE.JOBS} configdata.pm)
-
-	@echo "Populating Makefile.version with release information"
-	@(cd ${LCRYPTO_SRC} && ${SETENVI} ${WRK_ENV} ${PERL} \
-	     ${LCRYPTO_SRC}/freebsd/dump_version_from_configdata.pl > \
-	     ${SRCTOP}/secure/lib/libcrypto/Makefile.version)
 
 all: patch
 	@echo "==> Building generated files (headers, manpages, etc)"
 	@(cd ${.CURDIR} && \
 	     ${SETENVI} ${WRK_ENV} ${GMAKE} -j ${.MAKE.JOBS} build_all_generated)
 
-	# 1. Fix --prefix.
-	#    a. Not sure why --prefix isn't honored properly, even though it's
-	#       passed to Configure; the files might be getting rebuilt
-	#       post-Configure, somehow.
-	# 2. Remove duplicate path in CFLAGS.
-	# 3. Remove duplicate path in includedir(s).
-	@echo "==> Fixing pkgconfig files"
-	@find . -name \*.pc -print -exec sed -i '' -E \
-	    -e 's,^prefix=.+,prefix=/usr,' \
-	    -e 's,[[:space:]]+(\-I)?\$\{prefix\}/\./include[[:space:]]*,,g' \
-	    {} +
-
 	@echo "==> Cleaning / rebuilding ASM"
 	@(cd ${SRCTOP}/secure/lib/libcrypto && \
 	     ${SETENVI} ${WRK_ENV} ${MAKE} cleanasm && \
 	     ${SETENVI} ${WRK_ENV} ${MAKE} buildasm)
 
 	@echo "==> Syncing manpages (section 1)"
 	@rsync -a --delete \
 	    --exclude 'Makefile*' --exclude '*.1' \
 	    ${LCRYPTO_DOC}/man/ \
 	    ${SRCTOP}/secure/lib/libcrypto/man
 
 	@echo "==> Syncing manpages (sections {3,5,7})"
 	@rsync -a --delete \
 	    --exclude 'Makefile*' --exclude '*.[357]' \
 	    ${LCRYPTO_DOC}/man/man1/ \
 	    ${SRCTOP}/secure/usr.bin/openssl/man
 
 
 # This doesn't use standard patching since the generated files can vary
 # depending on the host architecture.
 patch: configure
 	# Spam arch-specific overrides to config files.
 	@echo "==> Patching headers"
 	@(cd ${.CURDIR} && ${SETENVI} ${WRK_ENV} ${GMAKE} ${BN_CONF_H} && \
 	 ${MV} ${BN_CONF_H} ${BN_CONF_H_ORIG} && \
 	 ${CAT} ${BN_CONF_H}.orig \
 	     ${LCRYPTO_SRC}/freebsd/${BN_CONF_H} >> \
 	     ${BN_CONF_H})
 
 	@(cd ${.CURDIR} && \
 	  ${MV} ${CONFIGURATION_H} ${CONFIGURATION_H_ORIG} && \
 	  ${CAT} ${CONFIGURATION_H_ORIG} \
 	     ${LCRYPTO_SRC}/freebsd/${CONFIGURATION_H} >> \
 	     ${CONFIGURATION_H})
 
 
 clean: .PHONY
 	@(cd ${.CURDIR} && rm -f ${BN_CONF_H_ORIG} ${CONFIGURATION_H_ORIG})
 
 	@(cd ${SRCTOP}/secure/lib/libcrypto && \
 	    ${SETENVI} ${WRK_ENV} ${MAKE} cleanasm)
 
 	-@(cd ${.CURDIR} && ${GMAKE} ${.TARGET})
 
 .include <sys.mk>
diff --git a/crypto/openssl/freebsd/dump_version_from_configdata.pl b/crypto/openssl/freebsd/dump_version_from_configdata.pl
deleted file mode 100644
index b6137718ba54..000000000000
--- a/crypto/openssl/freebsd/dump_version_from_configdata.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env perl
-#
-# This dumps out the values needed to generate manpages and other artifacts
-# which include the release version/date.
-#
-# See also: `secure/lib/libcrypto/Makefile.version`.
-
-use Cwd qw(realpath);
-use File::Basename qw(dirname);
-use Time::Piece;
-
-use lib dirname(dirname(realpath($0)));
-
-use configdata qw(%config);
-
-$OPENSSL_DATE = Time::Piece->strptime($config{"release_date"}, "%d %b %Y")->strftime("%Y-%m-%d");
-
-$OPENSSL_VER = "$config{'major'}.$config{'minor'}.$config{'patch'}";
-
-print("OPENSSL_VER=\t${OPENSSL_VER}\n");
-print("OPENSSL_DATE=\t${OPENSSL_DATE}\n");
diff --git a/secure/lib/libcrypto/Makefile.inc b/secure/lib/libcrypto/Makefile.inc
index 4d5e9c68a1fe..5b281166df61 100644
--- a/secure/lib/libcrypto/Makefile.inc
+++ b/secure/lib/libcrypto/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,24 +1,18 @@
 .include <bsd.own.mk>
 
 PACKAGE=	openssl
 LIB_PACKAGE=
 
-# OpenSSL version used for manual page generation
-.include "Makefile.version"
-
 LCRYPTO_SRC=	${SRCTOP}/crypto/openssl
 LCRYPTO_DOC=	${LCRYPTO_SRC}/doc
 
 CFLAGS+=	-I${LCRYPTO_SRC}
 CFLAGS+=	-I${LCRYPTO_SRC}/include
 CFLAGS+=	-I${LCRYPTO_SRC}/providers/common/include
 CFLAGS+=	-I${LCRYPTO_SRC}/providers/fips/include
 CFLAGS+=	-I${LCRYPTO_SRC}/providers/implementations/include
 
-.include "Makefile.common"
+.SUFFIXES: .pc
+.PATH.pc:	${LCRYPTO_SRC}/exporters
 
-.for pcfile in ${PCFILES}
-${pcfile}:	${pcfile}.in
-	sed -e 's,@openssl_ver@,${OPENSSL_VER},g' ${.ALLSRC} > ${.TARGET}
-.endfor
-CLEANFILES+=	${PCFILES}
+.include "Makefile.common"
diff --git a/secure/lib/libcrypto/Makefile.version b/secure/lib/libcrypto/Makefile.version
deleted file mode 100644
index 81636b8adfe8..000000000000
--- a/secure/lib/libcrypto/Makefile.version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-OPENSSL_VER=	3.5.4
-OPENSSL_DATE=	2025-09-30