See https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/7217 diff -u -r ../openssl-1.1.1/apps/openssl.cnf ./apps/openssl.cnf --- ../openssl-1.1.1/apps/openssl.cnf 2018-09-11 12:48:20.000000000 +0000 +++ ./apps/openssl.cnf 2018-09-20 21:25:38.970930892 +0000 @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ # This definition stops the following lines choking if HOME isn't # defined. HOME = . -RANDFILE = $ENV::HOME/.rnd # Extra OBJECT IDENTIFIER info: #oid_file = $ENV::HOME/.oid @@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ # must be commented out to leave a V1 CRL crl = $dir/crl.pem # The current CRL private_key = $dir/private/cakey.pem# The private key -RANDFILE = $dir/private/.rand # private random number file x509_extensions = usr_cert # The extensions to add to the cert