diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 832f7dfb817..1bd24d32fa7 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ C-API
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #9075: In the ssl module, remove the setting of a ``debug`` flag
+  on an OpenSSL structure.
+
 - Issue #5610: feedparser no longer eats extra characters at the end of
   a body part if the body part ends with a \r\n.
 
diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
index c02703dab89..6ed1a9fd47f 100644
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
@@ -488,7 +488,6 @@ static PyObject *PySSL_SSLdo_handshake(PySSLObject *self)
     } while (err == SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ || err == SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE);
     if (ret < 1)
         return PySSL_SetError(self, ret, __FILE__, __LINE__);
-    self->ssl->debug = 1;
 
     if (self->peer_cert)
         X509_free (self->peer_cert);