diff --git a/crypto/err/openssl.txt b/crypto/err/openssl.txt
index c921207698228..4d766329c4706 100644
--- a/crypto/err/openssl.txt
+++ b/crypto/err/openssl.txt
@@ -2892,7 +2892,6 @@ RSA_R_BAD_PAD_BYTE_COUNT:103:bad pad byte count
 RSA_R_BAD_SIGNATURE:104:bad signature
 RSA_R_BLOCK_TYPE_IS_NOT_01:106:block type is not 01
 RSA_R_BLOCK_TYPE_IS_NOT_02:107:block type is not 02
-RSA_R_DATA_GREATER_THAN_MOD_LEN:108:data greater than mod len
 RSA_R_DATA_TOO_LARGE:109:data too large
 RSA_R_DATA_TOO_LARGE_FOR_KEY_SIZE:110:data too large for key size
 RSA_R_DATA_TOO_LARGE_FOR_MODULUS:132:data too large for modulus
@@ -3273,7 +3272,6 @@ SSL_R_VERSION_TOO_LOW:396:version too low
 SSL_R_WRONG_CERTIFICATE_TYPE:383:wrong certificate type
 SSL_R_WRONG_CIPHER_RETURNED:261:wrong cipher returned
 SSL_R_WRONG_CURVE:378:wrong curve
-SSL_R_WRONG_SIGNATURE_LENGTH:264:wrong signature length
 SSL_R_WRONG_SIGNATURE_SIZE:265:wrong signature size
 SSL_R_WRONG_SIGNATURE_TYPE:370:wrong signature type
 SSL_R_WRONG_SSL_VERSION:266:wrong ssl version
diff --git a/crypto/rsa/rsa_err.c b/crypto/rsa/rsa_err.c
index 382b8cb7d10cf..26586b4b93aba 100644
--- a/crypto/rsa/rsa_err.c
+++ b/crypto/rsa/rsa_err.c
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ static const ERR_STRING_DATA RSA_str_reasons[] = {
     "block type is not 01"},
     {ERR_PACK(ERR_LIB_RSA, 0, RSA_R_BLOCK_TYPE_IS_NOT_02),
     "block type is not 02"},
-    {ERR_PACK(ERR_LIB_RSA, 0, RSA_R_DATA_GREATER_THAN_MOD_LEN),
-    "data greater than mod len"},
     {ERR_PACK(ERR_LIB_RSA, 0, RSA_R_DATA_TOO_LARGE), "data too large"},
     {ERR_PACK(ERR_LIB_RSA, 0, RSA_R_DATA_TOO_LARGE_FOR_KEY_SIZE),
     "data too large for key size"},
diff --git a/crypto/rsa/rsa_ossl.c b/crypto/rsa/rsa_ossl.c
index 4b54aa86fe2d5..bd46481fe086d 100644
--- a/crypto/rsa/rsa_ossl.c
+++ b/crypto/rsa/rsa_ossl.c
@@ -400,13 +400,8 @@ static int rsa_ossl_private_decrypt(int flen, const unsigned char *from,
         goto err;
     }
 
-    /*
-     * This check was for equality but PGP does evil things and chops off the
-     * top '0' bytes
-     */
-    if (flen > num) {
-        RSAerr(RSA_F_RSA_OSSL_PRIVATE_DECRYPT,
-               RSA_R_DATA_GREATER_THAN_MOD_LEN);
+    if (flen != num) {
+        RSAerr(RSA_F_RSA_OSSL_PRIVATE_DECRYPT, RSA_R_WRONG_SIGNATURE_LENGTH);
         goto err;
     }
 
@@ -556,12 +551,8 @@ static int rsa_ossl_public_decrypt(int flen, const unsigned char *from,
         goto err;
     }
 
-    /*
-     * This check was for equality but PGP does evil things and chops off the
-     * top '0' bytes
-     */
-    if (flen > num) {
-        RSAerr(RSA_F_RSA_OSSL_PUBLIC_DECRYPT, RSA_R_DATA_GREATER_THAN_MOD_LEN);
+    if (flen != num) {
+        RSAerr(RSA_F_RSA_OSSL_PUBLIC_DECRYPT, RSA_R_WRONG_SIGNATURE_LENGTH);
         goto err;
     }
 
diff --git a/crypto/rsa/rsa_saos.c b/crypto/rsa/rsa_saos.c
index e7041ca2ae00b..82c73cd9cf9c3 100644
--- a/crypto/rsa/rsa_saos.c
+++ b/crypto/rsa/rsa_saos.c
@@ -67,12 +67,6 @@ int RSA_verify_ASN1_OCTET_STRING(int dtype,
     const unsigned char *p;
     ASN1_OCTET_STRING *sig = NULL;
 
-    if (siglen != (unsigned int)RSA_size(rsa)) {
-        RSAerr(RSA_F_RSA_VERIFY_ASN1_OCTET_STRING,
-               RSA_R_WRONG_SIGNATURE_LENGTH);
-        return 0;
-    }
-
     s = OPENSSL_malloc((unsigned int)siglen);
     if (s == NULL) {
         RSAerr(RSA_F_RSA_VERIFY_ASN1_OCTET_STRING, ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE);
diff --git a/crypto/rsa/rsa_sign.c b/crypto/rsa/rsa_sign.c
index e9c4c553980ef..c2d4cf7b05195 100644
--- a/crypto/rsa/rsa_sign.c
+++ b/crypto/rsa/rsa_sign.c
@@ -293,11 +293,6 @@ int int_rsa_verify(int type, const unsigned char *m, unsigned int m_len,
     size_t decrypt_len, encoded_len = 0;
     unsigned char *decrypt_buf = NULL, *encoded = NULL;
 
-    if (siglen != (size_t)RSA_size(rsa)) {
-        RSAerr(RSA_F_INT_RSA_VERIFY, RSA_R_WRONG_SIGNATURE_LENGTH);
-        return 0;
-    }
-
     /* Recover the encoded digest. */
     decrypt_buf = OPENSSL_malloc(siglen);
     if (decrypt_buf == NULL) {
diff --git a/doc/man3/RSA_public_encrypt.pod b/doc/man3/RSA_public_encrypt.pod
index dbd4c555bf842..894f7824d17a8 100644
--- a/doc/man3/RSA_public_encrypt.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/RSA_public_encrypt.pod
@@ -68,16 +68,13 @@ RSA_size(B<rsa>) bytes.
 B<to> and B<from> may overlap.
 
 RSA_private_decrypt() decrypts the B<flen> bytes at B<from> using the
-private key B<rsa> and stores the plaintext in B<to>. B<flen> should
-be equal to RSA_size(B<rsa>) but may be smaller, when leading zero
-bytes are in the ciphertext. Those are not important and may be removed,
-but RSA_public_encrypt() does not do that. B<to> must point
-to a memory section large enough to hold the maximal possible decrypted
-data (which is equal to RSA_size(B<rsa>) for RSA_NO_PADDING,
-RSA_size(B<rsa>) - 11 for the PKCS #1 v1.5 based padding modes and
-RSA_size(B<rsa>) - 42 for RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING).
-B<padding> is the padding mode that was used to encrypt the data.
-B<to> and B<from> may overlap.
+private key B<rsa> and stores the plaintext in B<to>. B<flen> must be
+equal to RSA_size(B<rsa>). B<to> must point to a memory section large
+enough to hold the maximal possible decrypted data (which is equal to
+RSA_size(B<rsa>) for RSA_NO_PADDING, RSA_size(B<rsa>) - 11 for the
+PKCS #1 v1.5 based padding modes and RSA_size(B<rsa>) - 42 for
+RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING). B<padding> is the padding mode that was used
+to encrypt the data. B<to> and B<from> may overlap.
 
 =head1 RETURN VALUES
 
diff --git a/include/openssl/rsaerr.h b/include/openssl/rsaerr.h
index ef72bc744ef14..8047de4700687 100644
--- a/include/openssl/rsaerr.h
+++ b/include/openssl/rsaerr.h
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ int ERR_load_RSA_strings(void);
 # define RSA_R_BAD_SIGNATURE                              104
 # define RSA_R_BLOCK_TYPE_IS_NOT_01                       106
 # define RSA_R_BLOCK_TYPE_IS_NOT_02                       107
-# define RSA_R_DATA_GREATER_THAN_MOD_LEN                  108
 # define RSA_R_DATA_TOO_LARGE                             109
 # define RSA_R_DATA_TOO_LARGE_FOR_KEY_SIZE                110
 # define RSA_R_DATA_TOO_LARGE_FOR_MODULUS                 132
diff --git a/include/openssl/sslerr.h b/include/openssl/sslerr.h
index 25e304ed10b31..0a3678234f49a 100644
--- a/include/openssl/sslerr.h
+++ b/include/openssl/sslerr.h
@@ -768,7 +768,6 @@ int ERR_load_SSL_strings(void);
 # define SSL_R_WRONG_CERTIFICATE_TYPE                     383
 # define SSL_R_WRONG_CIPHER_RETURNED                      261
 # define SSL_R_WRONG_CURVE                                378
-# define SSL_R_WRONG_SIGNATURE_LENGTH                     264
 # define SSL_R_WRONG_SIGNATURE_SIZE                       265
 # define SSL_R_WRONG_SIGNATURE_TYPE                       370
 # define SSL_R_WRONG_SSL_VERSION                          266
diff --git a/ssl/ssl_err.c b/ssl/ssl_err.c
index 517e90c141112..bd56545993941 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl_err.c
+++ b/ssl/ssl_err.c
@@ -534,8 +534,6 @@ static const ERR_STRING_DATA SSL_str_reasons[] = {
     {ERR_PACK(ERR_LIB_SSL, 0, SSL_R_WRONG_CIPHER_RETURNED),
     "wrong cipher returned"},
     {ERR_PACK(ERR_LIB_SSL, 0, SSL_R_WRONG_CURVE), "wrong curve"},
-    {ERR_PACK(ERR_LIB_SSL, 0, SSL_R_WRONG_SIGNATURE_LENGTH),
-    "wrong signature length"},
     {ERR_PACK(ERR_LIB_SSL, 0, SSL_R_WRONG_SIGNATURE_SIZE),
     "wrong signature size"},
     {ERR_PACK(ERR_LIB_SSL, 0, SSL_R_WRONG_SIGNATURE_TYPE),
diff --git a/test/certs/cert-wrong-sig-len.pem b/test/certs/cert-wrong-sig-len.pem
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..db2558ef0b180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/certs/cert-wrong-sig-len.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+MIIEHTCCAtKgAwIBAgIUJvpzQbf5lboq/NuxbTBAi0HVKsgwQQYJKoZIhvcNAQEK
+MDSgDzANBglghkgBZQMEAgEFAKEcMBoGCSqGSIb3DQEBCDANBglghkgBZQMEAgEF
+AKIDAgEgMBIxEDAOBgNVBAMMB1Jvb3QgQ0EwHhcNMjAwMzEyMTEwMjA2WhcNMzkw
+NTEyMTEwMjA2WjAYMRYwFAYDVQQDDA1XUk9ORy1TSUctTEVOMIICIjANBgkqhkiG
+9w0BAQEFAAOCAg8AMIICCgKCAgEArqgYa80c/QshKgXWgpm3N1plrHnqO7kodCdW
+wKEDq0MSTL8Rvt6mdcmRT1ijx76QMlfSg83bc7m2QU0hpypBSzTfsFxXHMsfaAqE
+HlYhKODrT+L1GpDKMsnbo4U83sjKyIgkspOR0Mtth/IXsjzWiJTtwoowko1KHIK5
+iDx6s8hG1v8kupEmeQ+vLiVQm8WhV14iNsGKb3u5izwxs4bYLmMN0pYEDpRwcBXt
+v+ilrs+jbQ/l9zLEMbyLNYHtcVA+QYv3tyJKBMF960LDA8VJaCXFyAYfVgfaiBrK
+z9QBfLoE+5IfrOyRJxk2AtSfO4EuWcXU1p58LEOge3oiRcTl1z5CnaFjQR8ecv3Z
+709N9MOxSt5sRHeWfE1nGcP8A9R7lbOv7V7RlNe1LM2AbLgYnTpe0qxwTF7lLqnw
+JhP5RaWqBCL8Mpxn6r58qt+INFoXQspt+0/kwh3msM9mEljl1fOgqwm7XxEZ0hRu
+UgAvUjcrOVlf6MMjXe65sUKH9H1/VumHqwLldlo356h33TwADvuHsoufVaizPkjp
+YzGWmEyzgQX31I5g08i3q1xk49sB8RztnIioye9GUV+tY7RLR0xP1/kruuE7dtiO
+XdmdKxHCrot1XW9KFlcUo0iGGPrzY+Rgr1Po7Tj2IAKoUpXe6p9Ud6pAkPc8L7Nj
+piiHy/MCAwEAATBBBgkqhkiG9w0BAQowNKAPMA0GCWCGSAFlAwQCAQUAoRwwGgYJ
+KoZIhvcNAQEIMA0GCWCGSAFlAwQCAQUAogMCASADggEAACkV0y/mMLqqEb1xlvzH
+MD3tkeFbErkrV/l5Kod90n0nra1f/beS86d2w9L47AoBmMyTgrj+k2BXieZWZ8C2
+vefdmfwynCtHtgK+ExeGN9Qnmb5rjWzH/HCwruHSSBnTs9/xZzSoSk5gTenL37ga
++G3KmtJHguCtOo3taWTirOTZ5F3hcX6QKBdk0BrZwNrBTGouRDx+CDkymiBjVM9P
+idxIL7tcIDsuHr/83Z95L5J7QjKGeEUjYhXuY2/L3fVfqBe4pQev5K1cbGg1MeSF
+vrp46StOJCvdo5qzZNHolAw7uHmh2FCjYDrnxuw9XMoAdI51Hvq2RiQxaDOUAk4O
+kA==
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/test/recipes/25-test_verify.t b/test/recipes/25-test_verify.t
index 219e7e1149a63..0d3ba2425c2b7 100644
--- a/test/recipes/25-test_verify.t
+++ b/test/recipes/25-test_verify.t
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ sub verify {
     run(app([@args]));
 }
 
-plan tests => 137;
+plan tests => 138;
 
 # Canonical success
 ok(verify("ee-cert", "sslserver", ["root-cert"], ["ca-cert"]),
@@ -364,6 +364,9 @@ ok(verify("some-names2", "sslserver", ["many-constraints"], ["many-constraints"]
 ok(verify("root-cert-rsa2", "sslserver", ["root-cert-rsa2"], [], "-check_ss_sig"),
     "Public Key Algorithm rsa instead of rsaEncryption");
 
+ok(!verify("cert-wrong-sig-len", "sslserver", ["root-cert"], [], ),
+    "Wrong signature length");
+
 SKIP: {
     skip "Ed25519 is not supported by this OpenSSL build", 1
 	      if disabled("ec");