diff --git a/crypto/engine/eng_cnf.c b/crypto/engine/eng_cnf.c
index c87a8a14b9..9f647c4a9a 100644
--- a/crypto/engine/eng_cnf.c
+++ b/crypto/engine/eng_cnf.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static int int_engine_configure(const char *name, const char *value, const CONF
     int soft = 0;
 
     name = skip_dot(name);
-    OSSL_TRACE1(ENGINE_CONF, "Configuring engine %s\n", name);
+    OSSL_TRACE1(CONF, "Configuring engine %s\n", name);
     /* Value is a section containing ENGINE commands */
     ecmds = NCONF_get_section(cnf, value);
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static int int_engine_configure(const char *name, const char *value, const CONF
         ecmd = sk_CONF_VALUE_value(ecmds, i);
         ctrlname = skip_dot(ecmd->name);
         ctrlvalue = ecmd->value;
-        OSSL_TRACE2(ENGINE_CONF, "ENGINE conf: doing ctrl(%s,%s)\n",
+        OSSL_TRACE2(CONF, "ENGINE: doing ctrl(%s,%s)\n",
                     ctrlname, ctrlvalue);
 
         /* First handle some special pseudo ctrls */
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static int int_engine_module_init(CONF_IMODULE *md, const CONF *cnf)
     STACK_OF(CONF_VALUE) *elist;
     CONF_VALUE *cval;
     int i;
-    OSSL_TRACE2(ENGINE_CONF, "Called engine module: name %s, value %s\n",
+    OSSL_TRACE2(CONF, "Called engine module: name %s, value %s\n",
                 CONF_imodule_get_name(md), CONF_imodule_get_value(md));
     /* Value is a section containing ENGINEs to configure */
     elist = NCONF_get_section(cnf, CONF_imodule_get_value(md));
diff --git a/crypto/trace.c b/crypto/trace.c
index ac383fac9a..ecfc6d4e31 100644
--- a/crypto/trace.c
+++ b/crypto/trace.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static const struct trace_category_st trace_categories[] = {
     TRACE_CATEGORY_(INIT),
     TRACE_CATEGORY_(TLS),
     TRACE_CATEGORY_(TLS_CIPHER),
-    TRACE_CATEGORY_(ENGINE_CONF),
+    TRACE_CATEGORY_(CONF),
     TRACE_CATEGORY_(ENGINE_TABLE),
     TRACE_CATEGORY_(ENGINE_REF_COUNT),
     TRACE_CATEGORY_(PKCS5V2),
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ static const struct trace_category_st trace_categories[] = {
     TRACE_CATEGORY_(PKCS12_DECRYPT),
     TRACE_CATEGORY_(X509V3_POLICY),
     TRACE_CATEGORY_(BN_CTX),
-    TRACE_CATEGORY_(CONF),
 };
 
 const char *OSSL_trace_get_category_name(int num)
diff --git a/include/openssl/trace.h b/include/openssl/trace.h
index af513baf80..79598ab63e 100644
--- a/include/openssl/trace.h
+++ b/include/openssl/trace.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ extern "C" {
 # define OSSL_TRACE_CATEGORY_INIT                2
 # define OSSL_TRACE_CATEGORY_TLS                 3
 # define OSSL_TRACE_CATEGORY_TLS_CIPHER          4
-# define OSSL_TRACE_CATEGORY_ENGINE_CONF         5
+# define OSSL_TRACE_CATEGORY_CONF                5
 # define OSSL_TRACE_CATEGORY_ENGINE_TABLE        6
 # define OSSL_TRACE_CATEGORY_ENGINE_REF_COUNT    7
 # define OSSL_TRACE_CATEGORY_PKCS5V2             8
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ extern "C" {
 # define OSSL_TRACE_CATEGORY_PKCS12_DECRYPT     10
 # define OSSL_TRACE_CATEGORY_X509V3_POLICY      11
 # define OSSL_TRACE_CATEGORY_BN_CTX             12
-# define OSSL_TRACE_CATEGORY_CONF               13
-# define OSSL_TRACE_CATEGORY_NUM                14
+# define OSSL_TRACE_CATEGORY_NUM                13
 
 /* Returns the trace category number for the given |name| */
 int OSSL_trace_get_category_num(const char *name);