diff --git a/library/rsa.c b/library/rsa.c
index 4d56970..bdb2b7e 100644
--- a/library/rsa.c
+++ b/library/rsa.c
@@ -2331,7 +2331,6 @@
  * Implementation of the PKCS#1 v2.1 RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5-VERIFY function
  */
 int mbedtls_rsa_rsassa_pkcs1_v15_verify( mbedtls_rsa_context *ctx,
-                                 int mode,
                                  mbedtls_md_type_t md_alg,
                                  unsigned int hashlen,
                                  const unsigned char *hash,
@@ -2342,8 +2341,6 @@
     unsigned char *encoded = NULL, *encoded_expected = NULL;
 
     RSA_VALIDATE_RET( ctx != NULL );
-    RSA_VALIDATE_RET( mode == MBEDTLS_RSA_PRIVATE ||
-                      mode == MBEDTLS_RSA_PUBLIC );
     RSA_VALIDATE_RET( sig != NULL );
     RSA_VALIDATE_RET( ( md_alg  == MBEDTLS_MD_NONE &&
                         hashlen == 0 ) ||
@@ -2351,9 +2348,6 @@
 
     sig_len = ctx->len;
 
-    if( mode == MBEDTLS_RSA_PRIVATE && ctx->padding != MBEDTLS_RSA_PKCS_V15 )
-        return( MBEDTLS_ERR_RSA_BAD_INPUT_DATA );
-
     /*
      * Prepare expected PKCS1 v1.5 encoding of hash.
      */
@@ -2373,9 +2367,7 @@
      * Apply RSA primitive to get what should be PKCS1 encoded hash.
      */
 
-    ret = ( mode == MBEDTLS_RSA_PUBLIC )
-          ? mbedtls_rsa_public(  ctx, sig, encoded )
-          : mbedtls_rsa_private( ctx, NULL, NULL, sig, encoded );
+    ret = mbedtls_rsa_public(  ctx, sig, encoded );
     if( ret != 0 )
         goto cleanup;
 
@@ -2427,8 +2419,8 @@
     {
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_PKCS1_V15)
         case MBEDTLS_RSA_PKCS_V15:
-            return mbedtls_rsa_rsassa_pkcs1_v15_verify( ctx, MBEDTLS_RSA_PUBLIC, md_alg,
-                                                hashlen, hash, sig );
+            return mbedtls_rsa_rsassa_pkcs1_v15_verify( ctx, md_alg,
+                                                        hashlen, hash, sig );
 #endif
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_PKCS1_V21)