diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index e1b100cb88..75c17cfa48 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ task:
   ccache_cache:
     folder: "/tmp/ccache_dir"
   install_script:
-    - pkg install -y autoconf automake boost-libs git gmake libevent libtool openssl pkgconf python3 ccache
+    - pkg install -y autoconf automake boost-libs git gmake libevent libtool pkgconf python3 ccache
     - ./contrib/install_db4.sh $(pwd)
     - ccache --max-size=${CCACHE_SIZE}
   configure_script:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a442791660..5d0f8bc795 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -682,13 +682,8 @@ case $host in
          dnl It's safe to add these paths even if the functionality is disabled by
          dnl the user (--without-wallet or --without-gui for example).
 
-         openssl_prefix=`$BREW --prefix openssl 2>/dev/null`
          bdb_prefix=`$BREW --prefix berkeley-db4 2>/dev/null`
          qt5_prefix=`$BREW --prefix qt5 2>/dev/null`
-         if test x$openssl_prefix != x; then
-           PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$openssl_prefix/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
-           export PKG_CONFIG_PATH
-         fi
          if test x$bdb_prefix != x; then
            CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$bdb_prefix/include"
            LIBS="$LIBS -L$bdb_prefix/lib"
@@ -1441,7 +1436,6 @@ if test x$use_pkgconfig = xyes; then
   m4_ifdef(
     [PKG_CHECK_MODULES],
     [
-      PKG_CHECK_MODULES([CRYPTO], [libcrypto],,[AC_MSG_ERROR(libcrypto not found.)])
       if test x$use_qr != xno; then
         BITCOIN_QT_CHECK([PKG_CHECK_MODULES([QR], [libqrencode], [have_qrencode=yes], [have_qrencode=no])])
       fi
@@ -1464,8 +1458,6 @@ if test x$use_pkgconfig = xyes; then
     ]
   )
 else
-  AC_CHECK_HEADER([openssl/crypto.h],,AC_MSG_ERROR(libcrypto headers missing))
-  AC_CHECK_LIB([crypto],      [main],CRYPTO_LIBS=-lcrypto, AC_MSG_ERROR(libcrypto missing))
 
   if test x$build_bitcoin_cli$build_bitcoind$bitcoin_enable_qt$use_tests != xnononono; then
     AC_CHECK_HEADER([event2/event.h],, AC_MSG_ERROR(libevent headers missing),)
@@ -1818,7 +1810,6 @@ AC_SUBST(BOOST_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(TESTDEFS)
 AC_SUBST(MINIUPNPC_CPPFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(MINIUPNPC_LIBS)
-AC_SUBST(CRYPTO_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(GMP_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(NATPMP_CPPFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(NATPMP_LIBS)
diff --git a/depends/packages/openssl.mk b/depends/packages/openssl.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index e3b3647dd9..0000000000
--- a/depends/packages/openssl.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-package=openssl
-$(package)_version=1.0.1k
-$(package)_download_path=https://www.openssl.org/source
-$(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
-$(package)_sha256_hash=8f9faeaebad088e772f4ef5e38252d472be4d878c6b3a2718c10a4fcebe7a41c
-$(package)_patches=0001-Add-OpenSSL-termios-fix-for-musl-libc.patch
-
-define $(package)_set_vars
-$(package)_config_env=AR="$($(package)_ar)" RANLIB="$($(package)_ranlib)" CC="$($(package)_cc)"
-$(package)_config_opts=--prefix=$(host_prefix) --openssldir=$(host_prefix)/etc/openssl
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-camellia
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-capieng
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-cast
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-comp
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-dso
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-dtls1
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-gost
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-gmp
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-heartbeats
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-idea
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-jpake
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-krb5
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-libunbound
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-md2
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-mdc2
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-rc4
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-rc5
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-rdrand
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-rfc3779
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-rsax
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-sctp
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-seed
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-sha0
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-shared
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-ssl-trace
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-ssl2
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-ssl3
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-static_engine
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-store
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-unit-test
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-weak-ssl-ciphers
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-whirlpool
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-zlib
-$(package)_config_opts+=no-zlib-dynamic
-$(package)_config_opts+=$($(package)_cflags) $($(package)_cppflags)
-$(package)_config_opts_linux=-fPIC -Wa,--noexecstack
-$(package)_config_opts_x86_64_linux=linux-x86_64
-$(package)_config_opts_i686_linux=linux-generic32
-$(package)_config_opts_arm_linux=linux-generic32
-$(package)_config_opts_armv7l_linux=linux-generic32
-$(package)_config_opts_aarch64_linux=linux-generic64
-$(package)_config_opts_mipsel_linux=linux-generic32
-$(package)_config_opts_mips_linux=linux-generic32
-$(package)_config_opts_powerpc_linux=linux-generic32
-$(package)_config_opts_riscv32_linux=linux-generic32
-$(package)_config_opts_riscv64_linux=linux-generic64
-$(package)_config_opts_x86_64_darwin=darwin64-x86_64-cc
-$(package)_config_opts_x86_64_mingw32=mingw64
-$(package)_config_opts_i686_mingw32=mingw
-$(package)_config_opts_android=-fPIC
-$(package)_config_opts_aarch64_android=linux-generic64
-$(package)_config_opts_x86_64_android=linux-generic64
-$(package)_config_opts_armv7a_android=linux-generic32
-$(package)_config_opts_i686_android=linux-generic32
-endef
-
-define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
-  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/0001-Add-OpenSSL-termios-fix-for-musl-libc.patch && \
-  sed -i.old "/define DATE/d" util/mkbuildinf.pl && \
-  sed -i.old "s|engines apps test|engines|" Makefile.org
-endef
-
-define $(package)_config_cmds
-  ./Configure $($(package)_config_opts)
-endef
-
-define $(package)_build_cmds
-  $(MAKE) -j1 build_crypto libcrypto.pc libssl.pc openssl.pc
-endef
-
-define $(package)_stage_cmds
-  $(MAKE) INSTALL_PREFIX=$($(package)_staging_dir) -j1 install_sw
-endef
-
-define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
-  rm -rf share bin etc
-endef
diff --git a/depends/packages/packages.mk b/depends/packages/packages.mk
index 7ea2690934..552747a2b0 100644
--- a/depends/packages/packages.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/packages.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-packages:=boost openssl libevent gmp bls-dash backtrace cmake immer
+packages:=boost libevent gmp bls-dash backtrace cmake immer
 
 qt_packages = qrencode zlib
 
diff --git a/depends/patches/openssl/0001-Add-OpenSSL-termios-fix-for-musl-libc.patch b/depends/patches/openssl/0001-Add-OpenSSL-termios-fix-for-musl-libc.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 003099bdc2..0000000000
--- a/depends/patches/openssl/0001-Add-OpenSSL-termios-fix-for-musl-libc.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/crypto/ui/ui_openssl.c b/crypto/ui/ui_openssl.c
-index a38c758..d99edc2 100644
---- a/crypto/ui/ui_openssl.c
-+++ b/crypto/ui/ui_openssl.c
-@@ -190,9 +190,9 @@
- # undef  SGTTY
- #endif
- 
--#if defined(linux) && !defined(TERMIO)
--# undef  TERMIOS
--# define TERMIO
-+#if defined(linux)
-+# define TERMIOS
-+# undef  TERMIO
- # undef  SGTTY
- #endif
- 
diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md
index 6822c4bfa0..489facbb2f 100644
--- a/doc/README.md
+++ b/doc/README.md
@@ -81,5 +81,3 @@ The Dash Core repo's [root README](/README.md) contains relevant information on
 License
 ---------------------
 Distributed under the [MIT software license](/COPYING).
-This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the [OpenSSL Toolkit](https://www.openssl.org/). This product includes
-cryptographic software written by Eric Young ([eay@cryptsoft.com](mailto:eay@cryptsoft.com)), and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard.
diff --git a/doc/man/dash-cli.1 b/doc/man/dash-cli.1
index dcc66efc43..7f80b160b6 100644
--- a/doc/man/dash-cli.1
+++ b/doc/man/dash-cli.1
@@ -104,7 +104,3 @@ The source code is available from <https://github.com/dashpay/dash>.
 This is experimental software.
 Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file COPYING
 or <https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>
-
-This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the
-OpenSSL Toolkit <https://www.openssl.org> and cryptographic software written by
-Eric Young and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard.
diff --git a/doc/man/dash-qt.1 b/doc/man/dash-qt.1
index 18e376212a..de73e957ae 100644
--- a/doc/man/dash-qt.1
+++ b/doc/man/dash-qt.1
@@ -875,7 +875,3 @@ The source code is available from <https://github.com/dashpay/dash>.
 This is experimental software.
 Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file COPYING
 or <https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>
-
-This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the
-OpenSSL Toolkit <https://www.openssl.org> and cryptographic software written by
-Eric Young and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard.
diff --git a/doc/man/dash-tx.1 b/doc/man/dash-tx.1
index 509918f271..4738f5d8b7 100644
--- a/doc/man/dash-tx.1
+++ b/doc/man/dash-tx.1
@@ -112,7 +112,3 @@ The source code is available from <https://github.com/dashpay/dash>.
 This is experimental software.
 Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file COPYING
 or <https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>
-
-This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the
-OpenSSL Toolkit <https://www.openssl.org> and cryptographic software written by
-Eric Young and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard.
diff --git a/doc/man/dash-wallet.1 b/doc/man/dash-wallet.1
index 40c8163b1d..ac28f2c979 100644
--- a/doc/man/dash-wallet.1
+++ b/doc/man/dash-wallet.1
@@ -62,7 +62,3 @@ The source code is available from <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin>.
 This is experimental software.
 Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file COPYING
 or <https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>
-
-This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the
-OpenSSL Toolkit <https://www.openssl.org> and cryptographic software written by
-Eric Young and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard.
diff --git a/doc/man/dashd.1 b/doc/man/dashd.1
index 560e092542..ca9e100ee7 100644
--- a/doc/man/dashd.1
+++ b/doc/man/dashd.1
@@ -827,7 +827,3 @@ The source code is available from <https://github.com/dashpay/dash>.
 This is experimental software.
 Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file COPYING
 or <https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>
-
-This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the
-OpenSSL Toolkit <https://www.openssl.org> and cryptographic software written by
-Eric Young and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard.
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index ecec56d123..db281d1a17 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ else
 LIBUNIVALUE = $(UNIVALUE_LIBS)
 endif
 
-BITCOIN_INCLUDES=-I$(builddir) $(BDB_CPPFLAGS) $(BOOST_CPPFLAGS) $(LEVELDB_CPPFLAGS) $(CRYPTO_CFLAGS)
+BITCOIN_INCLUDES=-I$(builddir) $(BDB_CPPFLAGS) $(BOOST_CPPFLAGS) $(LEVELDB_CPPFLAGS)
 
 BITCOIN_INCLUDES += -I$(srcdir)/secp256k1/include
 BITCOIN_INCLUDES += $(UNIVALUE_CFLAGS)
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ dashd_LDADD = \
   $(LIBMEMENV) \
   $(LIBSECP256K1)
 
-dashd_LDADD += $(BACKTRACE_LIB) $(BOOST_LIBS) $(BDB_LIBS) $(CRYPTO_LIBS) $(MINIUPNPC_LIBS) $(NATPMP_LIBS) $(EVENT_PTHREADS_LIBS) $(EVENT_LIBS) $(ZMQ_LIBS) $(BLS_LIBS) $(GMP_LIBS)
+dashd_LDADD += $(BACKTRACE_LIB) $(BOOST_LIBS) $(BDB_LIBS) $(MINIUPNPC_LIBS) $(NATPMP_LIBS) $(EVENT_PTHREADS_LIBS) $(EVENT_LIBS) $(ZMQ_LIBS) $(BLS_LIBS) $(GMP_LIBS)
 
 # dash-cli binary #
 dash_cli_SOURCES = dash-cli.cpp
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ dash_cli_LDADD = \
   $(LIBUNIVALUE) \
   $(LIBBITCOIN_UTIL) \
   $(LIBBITCOIN_CRYPTO)
-dash_cli_LDADD += $(BACKTRACE_LIB) $(BOOST_LIBS) $(CRYPTO_LIBS) $(EVENT_LIBS) $(BLS_LIBS) $(GMP_LIBS)
+dash_cli_LDADD += $(BACKTRACE_LIB) $(BOOST_LIBS) $(EVENT_LIBS) $(BLS_LIBS) $(GMP_LIBS)
 #
 
 # dash-tx binary #
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ dash_tx_LDADD = \
   $(LIBBITCOIN_CRYPTO) \
   $(LIBSECP256K1)
 
-dash_tx_LDADD += $(BACKTRACE_LIB) $(BOOST_LIBS) $(CRYPTO_LIBS) $(BLS_LIBS) $(GMP_LIBS)
+dash_tx_LDADD += $(BACKTRACE_LIB) $(BOOST_LIBS) $(BLS_LIBS) $(GMP_LIBS)
 #
 
 # dash-wallet binary #
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ dash_wallet_LDADD = \
   $(LIBSECP256K1) \
   $(LIBUNIVALUE)
 
-dash_wallet_LDADD += $(BACKTRACE_LIB) $(BOOST_LIBS) $(BDB_LIBS) $(CRYPTO_LIBS) $(EVENT_PTHREADS_LIBS) $(EVENT_LIBS) $(MINIUPNPC_LIBS) $(NATPMP_LIBS) $(ZMQ_LIBS) $(BLS_LIBS) $(GMP_LIBS)
+dash_wallet_LDADD += $(BACKTRACE_LIB) $(BOOST_LIBS) $(BDB_LIBS) $(EVENT_PTHREADS_LIBS) $(EVENT_LIBS) $(MINIUPNPC_LIBS) $(NATPMP_LIBS) $(ZMQ_LIBS) $(BLS_LIBS) $(GMP_LIBS)
 #
 
 # dashconsensus library #
diff --git a/src/Makefile.bench.include b/src/Makefile.bench.include
index 932e8b2bd5..88d9157101 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.bench.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.bench.include
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ bench_bench_dash_SOURCES += bench/coin_selection.cpp
 bench_bench_dash_SOURCES += bench/wallet_balance.cpp
 endif
 
-bench_bench_dash_LDADD += $(BACKTRACE_LIB) $(BOOST_LIBS) $(BDB_LIBS) $(CRYPTO_LIBS) $(EVENT_PTHREADS_LIBS) $(EVENT_LIBS) $(MINIUPNPC_LIBS) $(NATPMP_LIBS) $(EVENT_PTHREADS_LIBS) $(EVENT_LIBS) $(BLS_LIBS) $(GMP_LIBS)
+bench_bench_dash_LDADD += $(BACKTRACE_LIB) $(BOOST_LIBS) $(BDB_LIBS) $(EVENT_PTHREADS_LIBS) $(EVENT_LIBS) $(MINIUPNPC_LIBS) $(NATPMP_LIBS) $(EVENT_PTHREADS_LIBS) $(EVENT_LIBS) $(BLS_LIBS) $(GMP_LIBS)
 bench_bench_dash_LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS_WRAP_EXCEPTIONS) $(RELDFLAGS) $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(LIBTOOL_APP_LDFLAGS)
 
 CLEAN_BITCOIN_BENCH = bench/*.gcda bench/*.gcno $(GENERATED_BENCH_FILES)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.qt.include b/src/Makefile.qt.include
index 185a233d96..bfbc45825a 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.qt.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.qt.include
@@ -391,7 +391,6 @@ endif
 qt_dash_qt_LDADD += $(LIBBITCOIN_CLI) $(LIBBITCOIN_COMMON) $(LIBBITCOIN_UTIL) $(LIBBITCOIN_CONSENSUS) $(LIBBITCOIN_CRYPTO) $(LIBUNIVALUE) $(LIBLEVELDB) $(LIBLEVELDB_SSE42) $(LIBMEMENV) \
   $(BACKTRACE_LIB) $(BOOST_LIBS) $(QT_LIBS) $(QT_DBUS_LIBS) $(QR_LIBS) $(BDB_LIBS) $(MINIUPNPC_LIBS) $(NATPMP_LIBS) $(LIBSECP256K1) \
   $(EVENT_PTHREADS_LIBS) $(EVENT_LIBS) $(BLS_LIBS) $(GMP_LIBS)
-qt_dash_qt_LDADD += $(CRYPTO_LIBS)
 qt_dash_qt_LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS_WRAP_EXCEPTIONS) $(RELDFLAGS) $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(QT_LDFLAGS) $(LIBTOOL_APP_LDFLAGS)
 qt_dash_qt_LIBTOOLFLAGS = $(AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS) --tag CXX
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.qttest.include b/src/Makefile.qttest.include
index 432a55bb9e..ed1b5f8621 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.qttest.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.qttest.include
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ qt_test_test_dash_qt_LDADD += $(LIBBITCOIN_ZMQ) $(ZMQ_LIBS)
 endif
 qt_test_test_dash_qt_LDADD += $(LIBBITCOIN_CLI) $(LIBBITCOIN_COMMON) $(LIBBITCOIN_UTIL) $(LIBBITCOIN_CONSENSUS) $(LIBBITCOIN_CRYPTO) $(LIBUNIVALUE) $(LIBLEVELDB) \
   $(LIBLEVELDB_SSE42) $(LIBMEMENV) $(BACKTRACE_LIB) $(BOOST_LIBS) $(QT_DBUS_LIBS) $(QT_TEST_LIBS) $(QT_LIBS) \
-  $(QR_LIBS) $(BDB_LIBS) $(CRYPTO_LIBS) $(MINIUPNPC_LIBS) $(NATPMP_LIBS) $(LIBSECP256K1) \
+  $(QR_LIBS) $(BDB_LIBS) $(MINIUPNPC_LIBS) $(NATPMP_LIBS) $(LIBSECP256K1) \
   $(EVENT_PTHREADS_LIBS) $(EVENT_LIBS) $(BLS_LIBS) $(GMP_LIBS)
 qt_test_test_dash_qt_LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS_WRAP_EXCEPTIONS) $(RELDFLAGS) $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(QT_LDFLAGS) $(LIBTOOL_APP_LDFLAGS)
 qt_test_test_dash_qt_CXXFLAGS = $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(QT_PIE_FLAGS)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.test.include b/src/Makefile.test.include
index b48bfe2d6f..91c736e6e4 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.test.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.test.include
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ FUZZ_SUITE_LD_COMMON = \
  $(LIBMEMENV) \
  $(LIBSECP256K1) \
  $(EVENT_LIBS) \
- $(CRYPTO_LIBS) \
  $(EVENT_PTHREADS_LIBS) \
  $(BLS_LIBS) \
  $(GMP_LIBS) \
@@ -260,7 +259,7 @@ test_test_dash_LDADD += $(LIBBITCOIN_SERVER) $(LIBBITCOIN_CLI) $(LIBBITCOIN_COMM
   $(LIBLEVELDB) $(LIBLEVELDB_SSE42) $(LIBMEMENV) $(BACKTRACE_LIB) $(BOOST_LIBS) $(BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB) $(LIBSECP256K1) $(EVENT_LIBS) $(EVENT_PTHREADS_LIBS)
 test_test_dash_CXXFLAGS = $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(PIE_FLAGS)
 
-test_test_dash_LDADD += $(BDB_LIBS) $(CRYPTO_LIBS) $(MINIUPNPC_LIBS) $(NATPMP_LIBS) $(EVENT_PTHREADS_LIBS) $(EVENT_LIBS) $(BLS_LIBS) $(GMP_LIBS)
+test_test_dash_LDADD += $(BDB_LIBS) $(MINIUPNPC_LIBS) $(NATPMP_LIBS) $(EVENT_PTHREADS_LIBS) $(EVENT_LIBS) $(BLS_LIBS) $(GMP_LIBS)
 test_test_dash_LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS_WRAP_EXCEPTIONS) $(RELDFLAGS) $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(LIBTOOL_APP_LDFLAGS) -static
 
 if ENABLE_ZMQ
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 7b5a6b38b3..bf0ba04726 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -777,9 +777,7 @@ std::string LicenseInfo()
            "\n" +
            "\n" +
            _("This is experimental software.").translated + "\n" +
-           strprintf(_("Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file %s or %s").translated, "COPYING", "<https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>") + "\n" +
-           "\n" +
-           strprintf(_("This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit %s and cryptographic software written by Eric Young and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard.").translated, "<https://www.openssl.org>") +
+           strprintf(_("Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file %s or %s").translated, "COPYING", "<https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>") +
            "\n";
 }
 
diff --git a/src/qt/test/test_main.cpp b/src/qt/test/test_main.cpp
index 5394512653..a8b4b35020 100644
--- a/src/qt/test/test_main.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/test/test_main.cpp
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QTest>
 
-#include <openssl/ssl.h>
-
 #if defined(QT_STATICPLUGIN)
 #include <QtPlugin>
 #if defined(QT_QPA_PLATFORM_MINIMAL)
diff --git a/src/random.cpp b/src/random.cpp
index 5663e25b0b..ab98cdd560 100644
--- a/src/random.cpp
+++ b/src/random.cpp
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@
 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
 #endif
 
-#include <openssl/rand.h>
-#include <openssl/conf.h>
-
 [[noreturn]] static void RandFailure()
 {
     LogPrintf("Failed to read randomness, aborting\n");
@@ -351,8 +348,6 @@ void GetOSRand(unsigned char *ent32)
 #endif
 }
 
-void LockingCallbackOpenSSL(int mode, int i, const char* file, int line);
-
 namespace {
 
 class RNGState {
@@ -368,31 +363,15 @@ class RNGState {
     unsigned char m_state[32] GUARDED_BY(m_mutex) = {0};
     uint64_t m_counter GUARDED_BY(m_mutex) = 0;
     bool m_strongly_seeded GUARDED_BY(m_mutex) = false;
-    std::unique_ptr<Mutex[]> m_mutex_openssl;
 
 public:
     RNGState() noexcept
     {
         InitHardwareRand();
-
-        // Init OpenSSL library multithreading support
-        m_mutex_openssl.reset(new Mutex[CRYPTO_num_locks()]);
-        CRYPTO_set_locking_callback(LockingCallbackOpenSSL);
-
-        // OpenSSL can optionally load a config file which lists optional loadable modules and engines.
-        // We don't use them so we don't require the config. However some of our libs may call functions
-        // which attempt to load the config file, possibly resulting in an exit() or crash if it is missing
-        // or corrupt. Explicitly tell OpenSSL not to try to load the file. The result for our libs will be
-        // that the config appears to have been loaded and there are no modules/engines available.
-        OPENSSL_no_config();
     }
 
     ~RNGState()
     {
-        // Securely erase the memory used by the OpenSSL PRNG
-        RAND_cleanup();
-        // Shutdown OpenSSL library multithreading support
-        CRYPTO_set_locking_callback(nullptr);
     }
 
     /** Extract up to 32 bytes of entropy from the RNG state, mixing in new entropy from hasher.
@@ -428,8 +407,6 @@ public:
         memory_cleanse(buf, 64);
         return ret;
     }
-
-    Mutex& GetOpenSSLMutex(int i) { return m_mutex_openssl[i]; }
 };
 
 RNGState& GetRNGState() noexcept
@@ -441,17 +418,6 @@ RNGState& GetRNGState() noexcept
 }
 }
 
-void LockingCallbackOpenSSL(int mode, int i, const char* file, int line) NO_THREAD_SAFETY_ANALYSIS
-{
-    RNGState& rng = GetRNGState();
-
-    if (mode & CRYPTO_LOCK) {
-        rng.GetOpenSSLMutex(i).lock();
-    } else {
-        rng.GetOpenSSLMutex(i).unlock();
-    }
-}
-
 /* A note on the use of noexcept in the seeding functions below:
  *
  * None of the RNG code should ever throw any exception.
@@ -489,10 +455,6 @@ static void SeedSlow(CSHA512& hasher) noexcept
     GetOSRand(buffer);
     hasher.Write(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
 
-    // OpenSSL RNG (for now)
-    RAND_bytes(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
-    hasher.Write(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
-
     // High-precision timestamp.
     //
     // Note that we also commit to a timestamp in the Fast seeder, so we indirectly commit to a
@@ -580,14 +542,6 @@ static void ProcRand(unsigned char* out, int num, RNGLevel level)
         SeedStartup(startup_hasher, rng);
         rng.MixExtract(out, num, std::move(startup_hasher), true);
     }
-
-    // For anything but the 'fast' level, feed the resulting RNG output (after an additional hashing step) back into OpenSSL.
-    if (level != RNGLevel::FAST) {
-        unsigned char buf[64];
-        CSHA512().Write(out, num).Finalize(buf);
-        RAND_add(buf, sizeof(buf), num);
-        memory_cleanse(buf, 64);
-    }
 }
 
 std::chrono::microseconds GetRandMicros(std::chrono::microseconds duration_max) noexcept
diff --git a/src/random.h b/src/random.h
index 6e12f11670..fab85b01b4 100644
--- a/src/random.h
+++ b/src/random.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
  *   that fast seeding includes, but additionally:
  *   - OS entropy (/dev/urandom, getrandom(), ...). The application will terminate if
  *     this entropy source fails.
- *   - Bytes from OpenSSL's RNG (which itself may be seeded from various sources)
  *   - Another high-precision timestamp (indirectly committing to a benchmark of all the
  *     previous sources).
  *   These entropy sources are slower, but designed to make sure the RNG state contains
diff --git a/src/randomenv.cpp b/src/randomenv.cpp
index 472d6d877a..038bf4df77 100644
--- a/src/randomenv.cpp
+++ b/src/randomenv.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ namespace {
 void RandAddSeedPerfmon(CSHA512& hasher)
 {
 #ifdef WIN32
-    // Don't need this on Linux, OpenSSL automatically uses /dev/urandom
     // Seed with the entire set of perfmon data
 
     // This can take up to 2 seconds, so only do it every 10 minutes