diff --git a/library/.gitignore b/library/.gitignore
index f6619d273..cf2ddac3a 100644
--- a/library/.gitignore
+++ b/library/.gitignore
@@ -7,4 +7,3 @@ libmbed*
 /error.c
 /version_features.c
 /ssl_debug_helpers_generated.c
-/ssl_debug_helpers_generated.h
diff --git a/library/CMakeLists.txt b/library/CMakeLists.txt
index 1059e8c05..add078413 100644
--- a/library/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/library/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ if(GEN_FILES)
 
     add_custom_command(
         OUTPUT
-            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ssl_debug_helpers_generated.h
             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ssl_debug_helpers_generated.c
         COMMAND
             ${MBEDTLS_PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
@@ -162,7 +161,6 @@ else()
     link_to_source(error.c)
     link_to_source(version_features.c)
     link_to_source(ssl_debug_helpers_generated.c)
-    link_to_source(ssl_debug_helpers_generated.h)
 endif()
 
 if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
diff --git a/library/Makefile b/library/Makefile
index a245d971d..b936c236b 100644
--- a/library/Makefile
+++ b/library/Makefile
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ libmbedcrypto.dll: $(OBJS_CRYPTO)
 .PHONY: generated_files
 GENERATED_FILES = \
 	error.c version_features.c \
-	ssl_debug_helpers_generated.c ssl_debug_helpers_generated.h
+	ssl_debug_helpers_generated.c
 generated_files: $(GENERATED_FILES)
 
 error.c: ../scripts/generate_errors.pl
@@ -300,10 +300,9 @@ error.c:
 	echo "  Gen   $@"
 	$(PERL) ../scripts/generate_errors.pl
 
-ssl_debug_helpers_generated.c: | ssl_debug_helpers_generated.h
-ssl_debug_helpers_generated.h: ../scripts/generate_ssl_debug_helpers.py
-ssl_debug_helpers_generated.h: $(filter-out %config%,$(wildcard ../include/mbedtls/*.h))
-ssl_debug_helpers_generated.h:
+ssl_debug_helpers_generated.c: ../scripts/generate_ssl_debug_helpers.py
+ssl_debug_helpers_generated.c: $(filter-out %config%,$(wildcard ../include/mbedtls/*.h))
+ssl_debug_helpers_generated.c:
 	echo "  Gen   $@"
 	$(PYTHON) ../scripts/generate_ssl_debug_helpers.py --mbedtls-root .. .
 
diff --git a/library/ssl_debug_helpers.h b/library/ssl_debug_helpers.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2fc416351
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/ssl_debug_helpers.h
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/**
+ * \file ssl_debug_helpers.h
+ *
+ * \brief Automatically generated helper functions for debugging
+ */
+/*
+ *  Copyright The Mbed TLS Contributors
+ *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ *  not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ *  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_HELPERS_H
+#define MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_HELPERS_H
+
+#include "common.h"
+
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_DEBUG_C)
+
+#include "mbedtls/ssl.h"
+#include "ssl_misc.h"
+
+
+const char *mbedtls_ssl_states_str( mbedtls_ssl_states in );
+
+const char *mbedtls_tls_prf_types_str( mbedtls_tls_prf_types in );
+
+const char *mbedtls_ssl_key_export_type_str( mbedtls_ssl_key_export_type in );
+
+
+
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_DEBUG_C */
+
+#endif /* SSL_DEBUG_HELPERS_H */
diff --git a/library/ssl_tls13_client.c b/library/ssl_tls13_client.c
index 31d7dafdb..dcf1ff896 100644
--- a/library/ssl_tls13_client.c
+++ b/library/ssl_tls13_client.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #include "ssl_misc.h"
 #include "ecdh_misc.h"
 #include "ssl_tls13_keys.h"
-#include "ssl_debug_helpers_generated.h"
+#include "ssl_debug_helpers.h"
 
 /* Write extensions */
 
diff --git a/library/ssl_tls13_server.c b/library/ssl_tls13_server.c
index faace4a0e..5e74083dd 100644
--- a/library/ssl_tls13_server.c
+++ b/library/ssl_tls13_server.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include "mbedtls/debug.h"
 
 #include "ssl_misc.h"
-#include "ssl_debug_helpers_generated.h"
+#include "ssl_debug_helpers.h"
 
 int mbedtls_ssl_tls13_handshake_server_step( mbedtls_ssl_context *ssl )
 {
diff --git a/scripts/generate_ssl_debug_helpers.py b/scripts/generate_ssl_debug_helpers.py
index 19fac656c..c1487260d 100755
--- a/scripts/generate_ssl_debug_helpers.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_ssl_debug_helpers.py
@@ -232,46 +232,43 @@ class EnumDefinition:
         body = body.format(translation_table='\n'.join(translation_table),
                            name=self._name,
                            prototype=self._prototype)
-        prototype = 'const char *{name}_str( {prototype} in );\n'
-        prototype = prototype.format(name=self._name,
-                                     prototype=self._prototype)
-        return body, prototype
+        return body
 
 
 OUTPUT_C_TEMPLATE = '''\
 /* Automatically generated by generate_ssl_debug_helpers.py. DO NOT EDIT. */
 
-#include "common.h"
-
-#if defined(MBEDTLS_DEBUG_C)
-
-#include "ssl_debug_helpers_generated.h"
-
-{functions}
-
-#endif /* MBEDTLS_DEBUG_C */
-/* End of automatically generated file. */
-
-'''
-
-OUTPUT_H_TEMPLATE = '''\
-/* Automatically generated by generate_ssl_debug_helpers.py. DO NOT EDIT. */
-#ifndef MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_HELPERS_H
-#define MBEDTLS_SSL_DEBUG_HELPERS_H
+/**
+ * \file ssl_debug_helpers_generated.c
+ *
+ * \brief Automatically generated helper functions for debugging
+ */
+/*
+ *  Copyright The Mbed TLS Contributors
+ *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ *  not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ *  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
 
 #include "common.h"
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_DEBUG_C)
 
-#include "mbedtls/ssl.h"
-#include "ssl_misc.h"
+#include "ssl_debug_helpers.h"
 
 {functions}
 
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_DEBUG_C */
-
-#endif /* SSL_DEBUG_HELPERS_H */
-
 /* End of automatically generated file. */
 
 '''
@@ -286,23 +283,17 @@ def generate_ssl_debug_helpers(output_directory, mbedtls_root):
         source_code = remove_c_comments(f.read())
 
     definitions = dict()
-    prototypes = dict()
     for start, instance in preprocess_c_source_code(source_code, EnumDefinition):
         if start in definitions:
             continue
         if isinstance(instance, EnumDefinition):
-            definition, prototype = instance.generate_tranlation_function()
+            definition = instance.generate_tranlation_function()
         else:
             definition = instance
-            prototype = instance
         definitions[start] = definition
-        prototypes[start] = prototype
 
     function_definitions = [str(v) for _, v in sorted(definitions.items())]
-    function_prototypes = [str(v) for _, v in sorted(prototypes.items())]
     if output_directory == sys.stdout:
-        sys.stdout.write(OUTPUT_H_TEMPLATE.format(
-            functions='\n'.join(function_prototypes)))
         sys.stdout.write(OUTPUT_C_TEMPLATE.format(
             functions='\n'.join(function_definitions)))
     else:
@@ -310,10 +301,6 @@ def generate_ssl_debug_helpers(output_directory, mbedtls_root):
             f.write(OUTPUT_C_TEMPLATE.format(
                 functions='\n'.join(function_definitions)))
 
-        with open(os.path.join(output_directory, 'ssl_debug_helpers_generated.h'), 'w') as f:
-            f.write(OUTPUT_H_TEMPLATE.format(
-                functions='\n'.join(function_prototypes)))
-
 
 def main():
     """
diff --git a/tests/scripts/check-generated-files.sh b/tests/scripts/check-generated-files.sh
index b35da3d68..994fd243b 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/check-generated-files.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/check-generated-files.sh
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ check()
 check scripts/generate_errors.pl library/error.c
 check scripts/generate_query_config.pl programs/test/query_config.c
 check scripts/generate_features.pl library/version_features.c
-check scripts/generate_ssl_debug_helpers.py library/ssl_debug_helpers_generated.h library/ssl_debug_helpers_generated.c
+check scripts/generate_ssl_debug_helpers.py library/ssl_debug_helpers_generated.c
 # generate_visualc_files enumerates source files (library/*.c). It doesn't
 # care about their content, but the files must exist. So it must run after
 # the step that creates or updates these files.