diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1073cd6..b099046 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -454,6 +454,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #9075: In the ssl module, remove the setting of a ``debug`` flag
+  on an OpenSSL structure.
+
 - Issue #8682: The ssl module now temporary increments the reference count of
   a socket object got through ``PyWeakref_GetObject``, so as to avoid possible
   deallocation while the object is still being used.
diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
index 31bf626..5428c7a 100644
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
@@ -380,7 +380,6 @@
     Py_DECREF(sock);
     if (ret < 1)
         return PySSL_SetError(self, ret, __FILE__, __LINE__);
-    self->ssl->debug = 1;
 
     if (self->peer_cert)
         X509_free (self->peer_cert);