diff --git a/cryptography/hazmat/bindings/openssl/backend.py b/cryptography/hazmat/bindings/openssl/backend.py
index 71bb9fc..ff2c939 100644
--- a/cryptography/hazmat/bindings/openssl/backend.py
+++ b/cryptography/hazmat/bindings/openssl/backend.py
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@
         self._ensure_ffi_initialized()
 
         self.ciphers = Ciphers(self)
-        self.hashes = Hashes(self)
-        self.hmacs = HMACs(self)
 
     @classmethod
     def _ensure_ffi_initialized(cls):
@@ -123,6 +121,16 @@
         """
         return self.ffi.string(self.lib.OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT).decode("ascii")
 
+    def create_hmac_ctx(self, key, algorithm):
+        return _HMACContext(self, key, algorithm)
+
+    def hash_supported(self, algorithm):
+        digest = self.lib.EVP_get_digestbyname(algorithm.name.encode("ascii"))
+        return digest != self.ffi.NULL
+
+    def create_hash_ctx(self, algorithm):
+        return _HashContext(self, algorithm)
+
 
 class GetCipherByName(object):
     def __init__(self, fmt):
@@ -310,20 +318,6 @@
         return self._backend.ffi.buffer(buf)[:]
 
 
-class Hashes(object):
-    def __init__(self, backend):
-        self._backend = backend
-
-    def supported(self, algorithm):
-        digest = self._backend.lib.EVP_get_digestbyname(
-            algorithm.name.encode("ascii")
-        )
-        return digest != self._backend.ffi.NULL
-
-    def create_ctx(self, algorithm):
-        return _HashContext(self._backend, algorithm)
-
-
 @interfaces.register(interfaces.HashContext)
 class _HMACContext(object):
     def __init__(self, backend, key, algorithm, ctx=None):
@@ -376,12 +370,4 @@
         return self._backend.ffi.buffer(buf)[:]
 
 
-class HMACs(object):
-    def __init__(self, backend):
-        self._backend = backend
-
-    def create_ctx(self, key, algorithm):
-        return _HMACContext(self._backend, key, algorithm)
-
-
 backend = Backend()
diff --git a/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/hashes.py b/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/hashes.py
index 6ae622c..3bd3ad4 100644
--- a/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/hashes.py
+++ b/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/hashes.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         self._backend = backend
 
         if ctx is None:
-            self._ctx = self._backend.hashes.create_ctx(self.algorithm)
+            self._ctx = self._backend.create_hash_ctx(self.algorithm)
         else:
             self._ctx = ctx
 
diff --git a/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/hmac.py b/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/hmac.py
index 0f1b4fa..1a67b33 100644
--- a/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/hmac.py
+++ b/cryptography/hazmat/primitives/hmac.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         self._backend = backend
         self._key = key
         if ctx is None:
-            self._ctx = self._backend.hmacs.create_ctx(key, self.algorithm)
+            self._ctx = self._backend.create_hmac_ctx(key, self.algorithm)
         else:
             self._ctx = ctx
 
diff --git a/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_hash_vectors.py b/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_hash_vectors.py
index b08beca..a865581 100644
--- a/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_hash_vectors.py
+++ b/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_hash_vectors.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
             "SHA1ShortMsg.rsp",
         ],
         hashes.SHA1(),
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.SHA1),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.SHA1),
         skip_message="Does not support SHA1",
     )
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
             "SHA224ShortMsg.rsp",
         ],
         hashes.SHA224(),
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.SHA224),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.SHA224),
         skip_message="Does not support SHA224",
     )
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
             "SHA256ShortMsg.rsp",
         ],
         hashes.SHA256(),
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.SHA256),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.SHA256),
         skip_message="Does not support SHA256",
     )
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
             "SHA384ShortMsg.rsp",
         ],
         hashes.SHA384(),
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.SHA384),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.SHA384),
         skip_message="Does not support SHA384",
     )
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
             "SHA512ShortMsg.rsp",
         ],
         hashes.SHA512(),
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.SHA512),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.SHA512),
         skip_message="Does not support SHA512",
     )
 
@@ -99,14 +99,14 @@
             "ripevectors.txt",
         ],
         hashes.RIPEMD160(),
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.RIPEMD160),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.RIPEMD160),
         skip_message="Does not support RIPEMD160",
     )
 
     test_RIPEMD160_long_string = generate_long_string_hash_test(
         hashes.RIPEMD160(),
         "52783243c1697bdbe16d37f97f68f08325dc1528",
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.RIPEMD160),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.RIPEMD160),
         skip_message="Does not support RIPEMD160",
     )
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
             "iso-test-vectors.txt",
         ],
         hashes.Whirlpool(),
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.Whirlpool),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.Whirlpool),
         skip_message="Does not support Whirlpool",
     )
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
         ("0c99005beb57eff50a7cf005560ddf5d29057fd86b2"
          "0bfd62deca0f1ccea4af51fc15490eddc47af32bb2b"
          "66c34ff9ad8c6008ad677f77126953b226e4ed8b01"),
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.Whirlpool),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.Whirlpool),
         skip_message="Does not support Whirlpool",
     )
 
@@ -141,6 +141,6 @@
             "rfc-1321.txt",
         ],
         hashes.MD5(),
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.MD5),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.MD5),
         skip_message="Does not support MD5",
     )
diff --git a/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_hashes.py b/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_hashes.py
index 6cdb0a0..c022f53 100644
--- a/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_hashes.py
+++ b/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_hashes.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         hashes.SHA1(),
         digest_size=20,
         block_size=64,
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.SHA1),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.SHA1),
         skip_message="Does not support SHA1",
     )
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         hashes.SHA224(),
         digest_size=28,
         block_size=64,
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.SHA224),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.SHA224),
         skip_message="Does not support SHA224",
     )
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         hashes.SHA256(),
         digest_size=32,
         block_size=64,
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.SHA256),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.SHA256),
         skip_message="Does not support SHA256",
     )
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         hashes.SHA384(),
         digest_size=48,
         block_size=128,
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.SHA384),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.SHA384),
         skip_message="Does not support SHA384",
     )
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         hashes.SHA512(),
         digest_size=64,
         block_size=128,
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.SHA512),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.SHA512),
         skip_message="Does not support SHA512",
     )
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
         hashes.RIPEMD160(),
         digest_size=20,
         block_size=64,
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.RIPEMD160),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.RIPEMD160),
         skip_message="Does not support RIPEMD160",
     )
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
         hashes.Whirlpool(),
         digest_size=64,
         block_size=64,
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.Whirlpool),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.Whirlpool),
         skip_message="Does not support Whirlpool",
     )
 
@@ -127,6 +127,6 @@
         hashes.MD5(),
         digest_size=16,
         block_size=64,
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.MD5),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.MD5),
         skip_message="Does not support MD5",
     )
diff --git a/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_hmac.py b/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_hmac.py
index 0f627a1..4186967 100644
--- a/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_hmac.py
+++ b/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_hmac.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 class TestHMAC(object):
     test_copy = generate_base_hmac_test(
         hashes.MD5(),
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.MD5),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.MD5),
         skip_message="Does not support MD5",
     )
 
diff --git a/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_hmac_vectors.py b/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_hmac_vectors.py
index 570c3d4..7d0f156 100644
--- a/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_hmac_vectors.py
+++ b/tests/hazmat/primitives/test_hmac_vectors.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
             "rfc-2202-md5.txt",
         ],
         hashes.MD5(),
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.MD5),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.MD5),
         skip_message="Does not support MD5",
     )
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
             "rfc-2202-sha1.txt",
         ],
         hashes.SHA1(),
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.SHA1),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.SHA1),
         skip_message="Does not support SHA1",
     )
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
             "rfc-4231-sha224.txt",
         ],
         hashes.SHA224(),
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.SHA224),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.SHA224),
         skip_message="Does not support SHA224",
     )
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
             "rfc-4231-sha256.txt",
         ],
         hashes.SHA256(),
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.SHA256),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.SHA256),
         skip_message="Does not support SHA256",
     )
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
             "rfc-4231-sha384.txt",
         ],
         hashes.SHA384(),
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.SHA384),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.SHA384),
         skip_message="Does not support SHA384",
     )
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
             "rfc-4231-sha512.txt",
         ],
         hashes.SHA512(),
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.SHA512),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.SHA512),
         skip_message="Does not support SHA512",
     )
 
@@ -105,6 +105,6 @@
             "rfc-2286-ripemd160.txt",
         ],
         hashes.RIPEMD160(),
-        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hashes.supported(hashes.RIPEMD160),
+        only_if=lambda backend: backend.hash_supported(hashes.RIPEMD160),
         skip_message="Does not support RIPEMD160",
     )