diff --git a/lrzip.c b/lrzip.c
index 4ce586e..7e32e10 100644
--- a/lrzip.c
+++ b/lrzip.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static bool get_magic(rzip_control *control, char *magic)
 
 	/* Whether this archive contains md5 data at the end or not */
 	md5 = magic[21];
-	if (md5 && MD5_RELIABLE) {
+	if (md5) {
 		if (md5 == 1)
 			control->flags |= FLAG_MD5;
 		else
@@ -1222,8 +1222,7 @@ bool compress_file(rzip_control *control)
 	int fd_in = -1, fd_out = -1;
 	char header[MAGIC_LEN];
 
-	if (MD5_RELIABLE)
-		control->flags |= FLAG_MD5;
+	control->flags |= FLAG_MD5;
 	if (ENCRYPT)
 		if (unlikely(!get_hash(control, 1)))
 			return false;
diff --git a/lrzip_private.h b/lrzip_private.h
index eef0dc5..8296e86 100644
--- a/lrzip_private.h
+++ b/lrzip_private.h
@@ -170,12 +170,6 @@ typedef sem_t cksem_t;
  #define mremap fake_mremap
 #endif
 
-#if defined(__APPLE__)
-# define MD5_RELIABLE (0)
-#else
-# define MD5_RELIABLE (1)
-#endif
-
 #define bswap_32(x) \
      ((((x) & 0xff000000) >> 24) | (((x) & 0x00ff0000) >>  8) |		      \
       (((x) & 0x0000ff00) <<  8) | (((x) & 0x000000ff) << 24))