diff --git a/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/openssl/opensslconfigscanner/libraries/readconf.py b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/openssl/opensslconfigscanner/libraries/readconf.py
index e103703372..678cc7aa51 100644
--- a/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/openssl/opensslconfigscanner/libraries/readconf.py
+++ b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/openssl/opensslconfigscanner/libraries/readconf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import errno
 
+from leapp.libraries.common.config import version
 from leapp.libraries.common.rpms import check_file_modification
 from leapp.libraries.stdlib import api
 from leapp.models import OpenSslConfig, OpenSslConfigBlock, OpenSslConfigPair
@@ -87,6 +88,11 @@ def scan_config(producer):
     Parse openssl.cnf file to create OpenSslConfig message.
     """
 
+    if version.get_source_major_version() == '7':
+        # Apply this only for EL 8+ as we are not interested about this
+        # on EL 7 anymore (moved from el8toel9)
+        return
+
     # direct access to configuration file
     output = read_config()
     config = parse_config(output)
diff --git a/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/openssl/opensslconfigscanner/tests/test_opensslconfigscanner.py b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/openssl/opensslconfigscanner/tests/test_opensslconfigscanner.py
index bb6d7b3fda..8978e13349 100644
--- a/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/openssl/opensslconfigscanner/tests/test_opensslconfigscanner.py
+++ b/repos/system_upgrade/common/actors/openssl/opensslconfigscanner/tests/test_opensslconfigscanner.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from leapp.libraries.actor.readconf import parse_config, produce_config, strip_whitespace_and_comments
+from leapp.libraries.common.config import version
 from leapp.models import OpenSslConfig, OpenSslConfigBlock, OpenSslConfigPair
 
 testdata = (
@@ -141,6 +142,15 @@ def fake_producer(*args):
     assert cfg.blocks[2].pairs[0].value == "/etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/opensslcnf.config"
 
 
-def test_actor_execution(current_actor_context):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(('source_version', 'should_run'), [
+    ('7', False),
+    ('8', True),
+    ('9', True),
+])
+def test_actor_execution(monkeypatch, current_actor_context, source_version, should_run):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(version, 'get_source_major_version', lambda: source_version)
     current_actor_context.run()
-    assert current_actor_context.consume(OpenSslConfig)
+    if should_run:
+        assert current_actor_context.consume(OpenSslConfig)
+    else:
+        assert not current_actor_context.consume(OpenSslConfig)