diff --git a/src/main/init.c b/src/main/init.c
index 4c3492f11..f1977389f 100644
--- a/src/main/init.c
+++ b/src/main/init.c
@@ -32,12 +32,8 @@ int libre_init(void)
 		goto out;
 
  out:
-	if (err) {
+	if (err)
 		net_sock_close();
-#ifdef USE_OPENSSL
-		openssl_close();
-#endif
-	}
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -50,7 +46,4 @@ void libre_close(void)
 {
 	(void)fd_setsize(0);
 	net_sock_close();
-#ifdef USE_OPENSSL
-	openssl_close();
-#endif
 }
diff --git a/src/main/openssl.c b/src/main/openssl.c
index 2b8e163b5..47a8a7d72 100644
--- a/src/main/openssl.c
+++ b/src/main/openssl.c
@@ -18,84 +18,6 @@
 #include "main.h"
 
 
-#if defined (HAVE_PTHREAD) && (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L)
-
-
-static pthread_mutex_t *lockv;
-
-
-static inline unsigned long threadid(void)
-{
-#if defined (DARWIN) || defined (FREEBSD) || defined (OPENBSD) || \
-	defined (NETBSD) || defined (DRAGONFLY)
-	return (unsigned long)(void *)pthread_self();
-#else
-	return (unsigned long)pthread_self();
-#endif
-}
-
-
-static void threadid_handler(CRYPTO_THREADID *id)
-{
-	CRYPTO_THREADID_set_numeric(id, threadid());
-}
-
-
-static void locking_handler(int mode, int type, const char *file, int line)
-{
-	(void)file;
-	(void)line;
-
-	if (mode & CRYPTO_LOCK)
-		(void)pthread_mutex_lock(&lockv[type]);
-	else
-		(void)pthread_mutex_unlock(&lockv[type]);
-}
-
-
-#endif
-
-
-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L
-static struct CRYPTO_dynlock_value *dynlock_create_handler(const char *file,
-							   int line)
-{
-	struct lock *lock;
-	(void)file;
-	(void)line;
-
-	if (lock_alloc(&lock))
-		return NULL;
-
-	return (struct CRYPTO_dynlock_value *)lock;
-}
-
-
-static void dynlock_lock_handler(int mode, struct CRYPTO_dynlock_value *l,
-				 const char *file, int line)
-{
-	struct lock *lock = (struct lock *)l;
-	(void)file;
-	(void)line;
-
-	if (mode & CRYPTO_LOCK)
-		lock_write_get(lock);
-	else
-		lock_rel(lock);
-}
-
-
-static void dynlock_destroy_handler(struct CRYPTO_dynlock_value *l,
-				    const char *file, int line)
-{
-	(void)file;
-	(void)line;
-
-	mem_deref(l);
-}
-#endif
-
-
 #ifdef SIGPIPE
 static void sigpipe_handler(int x)
 {
@@ -108,56 +30,14 @@ static void sigpipe_handler(int x)
 int openssl_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
-#if defined (HAVE_PTHREAD) && (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L)
-	int i;
-
-	lockv = mem_zalloc(sizeof(pthread_mutex_t) * CRYPTO_num_locks(), NULL);
-	if (!lockv)
-		return ENOMEM;
-
-	for (i=0; i<CRYPTO_num_locks(); i++) {
-
-		err = pthread_mutex_init(&lockv[i], NULL);
-		if (err) {
-			lockv = mem_deref(lockv);
-			return err;
-		}
-	}
-
-	CRYPTO_THREADID_set_callback(threadid_handler);
-
-	CRYPTO_set_locking_callback(locking_handler);
-#endif
-
-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L
-	CRYPTO_set_dynlock_create_callback(dynlock_create_handler);
-	CRYPTO_set_dynlock_lock_callback(dynlock_lock_handler);
-	CRYPTO_set_dynlock_destroy_callback(dynlock_destroy_handler);
-#endif
 
 #ifdef SIGPIPE
 	(void)signal(SIGPIPE, sigpipe_handler);
 #endif
 
-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10100000L
 	err = OPENSSL_init_ssl(OPENSSL_INIT_SSL_DEFAULT, NULL);
 	if (!err)
 		return !err;
-#else
-	SSL_library_init();
-	SSL_load_error_strings();
-#endif
 
 	return 0;
 }
-
-
-void openssl_close(void)
-{
-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L
-	ERR_free_strings();
-#endif
-#if defined (HAVE_PTHREAD) && (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L)
-	lockv = mem_deref(lockv);
-#endif
-}