diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ce52c8778..51ce9a164 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_DES3], [test "x$ENABLED_DES3" = "xyes"])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([arc4],
     [  --enable-arc4           Enable ARC4 (default: enabled)],
     [ ENABLED_ARC4=$enableval ],
-    [ ENABLED_ARC4=yes ]
+    [ ENABLED_ARC4=no ]
     )
 
 if test "$ENABLED_ARC4" = "no"
diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index 200471912..133d637e7 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -7675,6 +7675,7 @@ int wolfSSL_set_compression(WOLFSSL* ssl)
             }
         }
 #endif /* NO_DES3 */
+#ifndef NO_RC4
         else if (ctx->cipherType == ARC4_TYPE || (type &&
                                      XSTRNCMP(type, "ARC4", 4) == 0)) {
             WOLFSSL_MSG("ARC4");
@@ -7684,6 +7685,7 @@ int wolfSSL_set_compression(WOLFSSL* ssl)
             if (key)
                 wc_Arc4SetKey(&ctx->cipher.arc4, key, ctx->keyLen);
         }
+#endif /* NO_RC4 */
         else if (ctx->cipherType == NULL_CIPHER_TYPE || (type &&
                                      XSTRNCMP(type, "NULL", 4) == 0)) {
             WOLFSSL_MSG("NULL cipher");
@@ -7779,9 +7781,11 @@ int wolfSSL_set_compression(WOLFSSL* ssl)
                 break;
 #endif
 
+#ifndef NO_RC4
             case ARC4_TYPE :
                 wc_Arc4Process(&ctx->cipher.arc4, dst, src, len);
                 break;
+#endif
 
             case NULL_CIPHER_TYPE :
                 XMEMCPY(dst, src, len);
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/arc4.c b/wolfcrypt/src/arc4.c
index 0c22edbb7..21ed2e79d 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/arc4.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/arc4.c
@@ -174,5 +174,5 @@ static void wc_Arc4CaviumProcess(Arc4* arc4, byte* out, const byte* in,
 
 #endif /* HAVE_CAVIUM */
 
-#endif /* NO_ARC4 */
+#endif /* NO_RC4 */