diff --git a/third_party/boringssl/src/ssl/ssl_buffer.cc b/third_party/boringssl/src/ssl/ssl_buffer.cc
index e51ee92f198d..5df810b34702 100644
--- a/third_party/boringssl/src/ssl/ssl_buffer.cc
+++ b/third_party/boringssl/src/ssl/ssl_buffer.cc
@@ -38,13 +38,7 @@ static_assert((SSL3_ALIGN_PAYLOAD & (SSL3_ALIGN_PAYLOAD - 1)) == 0,
 
 void SSLBuffer::Clear() {
 
-// TODO(b/270864119): clean up direct references to Starboard APIs and use
-// OPENSSL_port_* shims everywhere instead.
-#ifdef STARBOARD
-  SbMemoryDeallocate(buf_);  // Allocated with malloc().
-#else
   OPENSSL_port_free(buf_);  // Allocated with malloc().
-#endif
   buf_ = nullptr;
   offset_ = 0;
   size_ = 0;
@@ -66,14 +60,8 @@ bool SSLBuffer::EnsureCap(size_t header_len, size_t new_cap) {
   // Since this buffer gets allocated quite frequently and doesn't contain any
   // sensitive data, we allocate with malloc rather than |OPENSSL_malloc| and
   // avoid zeroing on free.
-  //
-  // We need to use SbMemoryAllocate in starboard.
   uint8_t *new_buf =
-#ifdef STARBOARD
-      (uint8_t *)SbMemoryAllocate(new_cap + SSL3_ALIGN_PAYLOAD - 1);
-#else
       (uint8_t *)OPENSSL_port_malloc(new_cap + SSL3_ALIGN_PAYLOAD - 1);
-#endif
   if (new_buf == NULL) {
     OPENSSL_PUT_ERROR(SSL, ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE);
     return false;
@@ -85,11 +73,7 @@ bool SSLBuffer::EnsureCap(size_t header_len, size_t new_cap) {
 
   if (buf_ != NULL) {
     OPENSSL_memcpy(new_buf + new_offset, buf_ + offset_, size_);
-#ifdef STARBOARD
-    SbMemoryDeallocate(buf_);  // Allocated with malloc().
-#else
     OPENSSL_port_free(buf_);  // Allocated with malloc().
-#endif
   }
 
   buf_ = new_buf;