diff --git a/crypto/md5/build.info b/crypto/md5/build.info
index 18d5342a36..bbb70fde3c 100644
--- a/crypto/md5/build.info
+++ b/crypto/md5/build.info
@@ -17,7 +17,16 @@ ENDIF
 $COMMON=md5_dgst.c md5_one.c md5_sha1.c $MD5ASM
 SOURCE[../../libcrypto]=$COMMON
 SOURCE[../../providers/libimplementations.a]=$COMMON
-SOURCE[../../providers/liblegacy.a]=$COMMON
+
+# A no-deprecated no-shared build ends up with double function definitions
+# without conditioning this on dso. The issue is MD5 which is needed in the
+# legacy provider for one of the spliced algorithms, however it resides in the
+# default provider.  A no-deprecated build removes the external definition from
+# libcrypto and this means that the code needs to be in liblegacy.  However,
+# when building without 'dso', liblegacy is included in libcrypto.
+IF[{- !$disabled{dso} -}]
+  SOURCE[../../providers/liblegacy.a]=$COMMON
+ENDIF
 
 # Implementations are now spread across several libraries, so the defines
 # need to be applied to all affected libraries and modules.