diff --git a/ports/esp32/mpconfigport.h b/ports/esp32/mpconfigport.h
index 55035b5f86..ae73e02e41 100644
--- a/ports/esp32/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/ports/esp32/mpconfigport.h
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@
 #define MICROPY_HW_SOFTSPI_MAX_BAUDRATE     (esp_rom_get_cpu_ticks_per_us() * 1000000 / 200) // roughly
 #define MICROPY_PY_SSL                      (1)
 #define MICROPY_SSL_MBEDTLS                 (1)
-#define MICROPY_PY_SSL_FINALISER            (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_WEBSOCKET                (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_WEBREPL                  (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_ONEWIRE                  (1)
diff --git a/ports/mimxrt/mpconfigport.h b/ports/mimxrt/mpconfigport.h
index 52054c5d4d..cd69151ed8 100644
--- a/ports/mimxrt/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/ports/mimxrt/mpconfigport.h
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ uint32_t trng_random_u32(void);
 
 // Extended modules
 #define MICROPY_EPOCH_IS_1970               (1)
-#define MICROPY_PY_SSL_FINALISER            (MICROPY_PY_SSL)
 #define MICROPY_PY_TIME_GMTIME_LOCALTIME_MKTIME (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_TIME_TIME_TIME_NS        (1)
 #define MICROPY_PY_TIME_INCLUDEFILE         "ports/mimxrt/modtime.c"
@@ -110,7 +109,6 @@ uint32_t trng_random_u32(void);
 #define MICROPY_PY_WEBSOCKET                (MICROPY_PY_LWIP)
 #define MICROPY_PY_WEBREPL                  (MICROPY_PY_LWIP)
 #define MICROPY_PY_LWIP_SOCK_RAW            (MICROPY_PY_LWIP)
-#define MICROPY_PY_SSL_FINALISER            (MICROPY_PY_SSL)
 // #define MICROPY_PY_HASHLIB_MD5              (MICROPY_PY_SSL)
 #define MICROPY_PY_HASHLIB_SHA1             (MICROPY_PY_SSL)
 // #define MICROPY_PY_CRYPTOLIB                (MICROPY_PY_SSL)
diff --git a/ports/stm32/mpconfigport.h b/ports/stm32/mpconfigport.h
index 37165b1589..2d2d81486b 100644
--- a/ports/stm32/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/ports/stm32/mpconfigport.h
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@
 #endif
 
 // extended modules
-#define MICROPY_PY_SSL_FINALISER    (MICROPY_PY_SSL)
 #define MICROPY_PY_HASHLIB_MD5      (MICROPY_PY_SSL)
 #define MICROPY_PY_HASHLIB_SHA1     (MICROPY_PY_SSL)
 #define MICROPY_PY_CRYPTOLIB        (MICROPY_PY_SSL)
diff --git a/py/mpconfig.h b/py/mpconfig.h
index 46c62913cc..433d6e50de 100644
--- a/py/mpconfig.h
+++ b/py/mpconfig.h
@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ typedef double mp_float_t;
 
 // Whether to add finaliser code to ssl objects
 #ifndef MICROPY_PY_SSL_FINALISER
-#define MICROPY_PY_SSL_FINALISER (0)
+#define MICROPY_PY_SSL_FINALISER (MICROPY_ENABLE_FINALISER)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef MICROPY_PY_WEBSOCKET