diff --git a/include/proto/openssl-compat.h b/include/proto/openssl-compat.h
index a1e75b47b..ea92072e5 100644
--- a/include/proto/openssl-compat.h
+++ b/include/proto/openssl-compat.h
@@ -94,11 +94,6 @@ static inline int SSL_SESSION_set1_id_context(SSL_SESSION *s, const unsigned cha
  * Functions introduced in OpenSSL 1.1.0 and not yet present in LibreSSL
  */
 
-static inline const char *SSL_SESSION_get0_hostname(const SSL_SESSION *sess)
-{
-       return sess->tlsext_hostname;
-}
-
 static inline const unsigned char *SSL_SESSION_get0_id_context(const SSL_SESSION *sess, unsigned int *sid_ctx_length)
 {
 	*sid_ctx_length = sess->sid_ctx_length;
diff --git a/src/ssl_sock.c b/src/ssl_sock.c
index fa8157155..42d27de9f 100644
--- a/src/ssl_sock.c
+++ b/src/ssl_sock.c
@@ -3951,11 +3951,7 @@ static int ssl_sock_srv_verifycbk(int ok, X509_STORE_CTX *ctx)
 	 */
 	servername = objt_server(conn->target)->ssl_ctx.verify_host;
 	if (!servername) {
-		SSL_SESSION *ssl_sess = SSL_get_session(conn->xprt_ctx);
-		if (!ssl_sess)
-			return ok;
-
-		servername = SSL_SESSION_get0_hostname(ssl_sess);
+		servername = SSL_get_servername(conn->xprt_ctx, TLSEXT_NAMETYPE_host_name);
 		if (!servername)
 			return ok;
 	}