diff --git a/letsencrypt/crypto_util.py b/letsencrypt/crypto_util.py
index 79cd24ed6..eac0530aa 100644
--- a/letsencrypt/crypto_util.py
+++ b/letsencrypt/crypto_util.py
@@ -201,25 +201,23 @@ def valid_privkey(privkey):
         return False
 
 
-def _pyopenssl_load(data, method, types=(
-        OpenSSL.crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, OpenSSL.crypto.FILETYPE_ASN1)):
-    openssl_errors = []
-    for filetype in types:
-        try:
-            return method(filetype, data), filetype
-        except OpenSSL.crypto.Error as error:  # TODO: anything else?
-            openssl_errors.append(error)
-    raise errors.Error("Unable to load: {0}".format(",".join(
-        str(error) for error in openssl_errors)))
-
-
 def pyopenssl_load_certificate(data):
     """Load PEM/DER certificate.
 
     :raises errors.Error:
 
     """
-    return _pyopenssl_load(data, OpenSSL.crypto.load_certificate)
+
+    openssl_errors = []
+
+    for file_type in (OpenSSL.crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, OpenSSL.crypto.FILETYPE_ASN1):
+        try:
+            return OpenSSL.crypto.load_certificate(file_type, data), file_type
+        except OpenSSL.crypto.Error as error: # TODO: other errors?
+            openssl_errors.append(error)
+    raise errors.Error("Unable to load: {0}".format(",".join(
+        str(error) for error in openssl_errors)))
+
 
 
 def _get_sans_from_cert_or_req(
diff --git a/letsencrypt/tests/crypto_util_test.py b/letsencrypt/tests/crypto_util_test.py
index 9ad36c83b..8ac8a0adc 100644
--- a/letsencrypt/tests/crypto_util_test.py
+++ b/letsencrypt/tests/crypto_util_test.py
@@ -212,17 +212,10 @@ class GetSANsFromCSRTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(
             [], self._call(test_util.load_vector('csr-nosans.pem')))
 
-class PyOpenSslLoaderTest(unittest.TestCase):
-    def test_pyopenssl_load(self):
-        from letsencrypt.crypto_util import _pyopenssl_load
-
-        method_mock = mock.MagicMock()
-        fake_data = "this is test data"
-        fake_types = ('fake loading type',)
-        _pyopenssl_load(fake_data, method_mock, fake_types)
-        method_mock.assert_called_with(fake_types[0], fake_data)
 
 class CertLoaderTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Tests for letsencrypt.crypto_util.pyopenssl_load_certificate"""
+
     def test_it(self):
         from letsencrypt.crypto_util import pyopenssl_load_certificate
 
@@ -230,5 +223,6 @@ class CertLoaderTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(cert.digest('sha1'),
             OpenSSL.crypto.load_certificate(OpenSSL.crypto.FILETYPE_PEM, CERT).digest('sha1'))
 
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()  # pragma: no cover