diff --git a/nbase/configure b/nbase/configure
index f092e2132..1fa4eb6de 100755
--- a/nbase/configure
+++ b/nbase/configure
@@ -684,7 +684,6 @@ ac_user_opts='
 enable_option_checking
 with_localdirs
 enable_ipv6
-with_openssl
 '
       ac_precious_vars='build_alias
 host_alias
@@ -1323,8 +1322,6 @@ Optional Packages:
   --with-PACKAGE[=ARG]    use PACKAGE [ARG=yes]
   --without-PACKAGE       do not use PACKAGE (same as --with-PACKAGE=no)
   --with-localdirs        Explicitly ask compiler to use /usr/local/{include,libs} if they exist
-  --with-openssl=DIR    Use optional openssl libs and includes from DIR/lib/
-and DIR/include/openssl/)
 
 Some influential environment variables:
   CC          C compiler command
@@ -5075,186 +5072,6 @@ if test "$have_ipv6" = "1"; then
 
 $as_echo "#define HAVE_IPV6 1" >>confdefs.h
 
-fi
-
-# First we test whether they specified openssl desires explicitly
-use_openssl="yes"
-specialssldir=""
-
-
-# Check whether --with-openssl was given.
-if test "${with_openssl+set}" = set; then :
-  withval=$with_openssl;   case "$with_openssl" in
-  yes)
-    ;;
-  no)
-    use_openssl="no"
-    ;;
-  *)
-    specialssldir="$with_openssl"
-    ;;
-  esac
-
-fi
-
-
-
-# If they didn't specify it, we try to find it
-if test "$use_openssl" = "yes" -a -z "$specialssldir"; then
-  ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "openssl/ssl.h" "ac_cv_header_openssl_ssl_h" "$ac_includes_default"
-if test "x$ac_cv_header_openssl_ssl_h" = xyes; then :
-
-else
-   use_openssl="no"
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: Failed to find openssl/ssl.h so OpenSSL will not be used. If it
- is installed you can try the --with-openssl=DIR argument" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: Failed to find openssl/ssl.h so OpenSSL will not be used. If it
- is installed you can try the --with-openssl=DIR argument" >&2;}
-fi
-
-
-
- if test "$use_openssl" = "yes"; then
-   ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "openssl/err.h" "ac_cv_header_openssl_err_h" "$ac_includes_default"
-if test "x$ac_cv_header_openssl_err_h" = xyes; then :
-
-else
-   use_openssl="no"
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: Failed to find openssl/err.h so OpenSSL will not be used. If it
- is installed you can try the --with-openssl=DIR argument" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: Failed to find openssl/err.h so OpenSSL will not be used. If it
- is installed you can try the --with-openssl=DIR argument" >&2;}
-fi
-
-
- fi
-
- if test "$use_openssl" = "yes"; then
-   ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "openssl/rand.h" "ac_cv_header_openssl_rand_h" "$ac_includes_default"
-if test "x$ac_cv_header_openssl_rand_h" = xyes; then :
-
-else
-   use_openssl="no"
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: Failed to find openssl/rand.h so OpenSSL will not be used. If i
-t is installed you can try the --with-openssl=DIR argument" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: Failed to find openssl/rand.h so OpenSSL will not be used. If i
-t is installed you can try the --with-openssl=DIR argument" >&2;}
-fi
-
-
- fi
-
- if test "$use_openssl" = "yes"; then
-   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for BIO_int_ctrl in -lcrypto" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for BIO_int_ctrl in -lcrypto... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_lib_crypto_BIO_int_ctrl+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-LIBS="-lcrypto  $LIBS"
-cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-
-/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
-   Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
-   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C"
-#endif
-char BIO_int_ctrl ();
-int
-main ()
-{
-return BIO_int_ctrl ();
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
-  ac_cv_lib_crypto_BIO_int_ctrl=yes
-else
-  ac_cv_lib_crypto_BIO_int_ctrl=no
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
-    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
-LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_lib_crypto_BIO_int_ctrl" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_cv_lib_crypto_BIO_int_ctrl" >&6; }
-if test "x$ac_cv_lib_crypto_BIO_int_ctrl" = xyes; then :
-  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define HAVE_LIBCRYPTO 1
-_ACEOF
-
-  LIBS="-lcrypto $LIBS"
-
-else
-   use_openssl="no"
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: Failed to find libcrypto so OpenSSL will not be used. If it is installed you can try the --with-openssl=DIR argument" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: Failed to find libcrypto so OpenSSL will not be used. If it is installed you can try the --with-openssl=DIR argument" >&2;}
-fi
-
- fi
-
- if test "$use_openssl" = "yes"; then
-   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for SSL_new in -lssl" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for SSL_new in -lssl... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_new+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-LIBS="-lssl  $LIBS"
-cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-
-/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
-   Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
-   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C"
-#endif
-char SSL_new ();
-int
-main ()
-{
-return SSL_new ();
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
-  ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_new=yes
-else
-  ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_new=no
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
-    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
-LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_new" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_new" >&6; }
-if test "x$ac_cv_lib_ssl_SSL_new" = xyes; then :
-  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define HAVE_LIBSSL 1
-_ACEOF
-
-  LIBS="-lssl $LIBS"
-
-else
-   use_openssl="no"
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: Failed to find libssl so OpenSSL will not be used. If it is ins
-talled you can try the --with-openssl=DIR argument" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: Failed to find libssl so OpenSSL will not be used. If it is ins
-talled you can try the --with-openssl=DIR argument" >&2;}
-fi
-
- fi
-fi
-
-if test "$use_openssl" = "yes"; then
-
-$as_echo "#define HAVE_OPENSSL 1" >>confdefs.h
-
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/nbase/configure.ac b/nbase/configure.ac
index 37069da42..1f41b6db2 100644
--- a/nbase/configure.ac
+++ b/nbase/configure.ac
@@ -234,67 +234,6 @@ if test "$have_ipv6" = "1"; then
   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_IPV6, 1, [define if IPv6 is available])
 fi
 
-# First we test whether they specified openssl desires explicitly
-use_openssl="yes"
-specialssldir=""
-
-AC_ARG_WITH(openssl,
-[  --with-openssl=DIR    Use optional openssl libs and includes from [DIR]/lib/ 
-and [DIR]/include/openssl/)],
-[  case "$with_openssl" in
-  yes)
-    ;;
-  no)
-    use_openssl="no"
-    ;;
-  *)
-    specialssldir="$with_openssl"
-    ;;
-  esac]
-)
-
-
-# If they didn't specify it, we try to find it
-if test "$use_openssl" = "yes" -a -z "$specialssldir"; then
-  AC_CHECK_HEADER(openssl/ssl.h,,
-  [ use_openssl="no"
-    AC_MSG_WARN([Failed to find openssl/ssl.h so OpenSSL will not be used. If it
- is installed you can try the --with-openssl=DIR argument]) ])
-
- if test "$use_openssl" = "yes"; then
-   AC_CHECK_HEADER(openssl/err.h,,
-    [ use_openssl="no"
-    AC_MSG_WARN([Failed to find openssl/err.h so OpenSSL will not be used. If it
- is installed you can try the --with-openssl=DIR argument]) ])
- fi
-
- if test "$use_openssl" = "yes"; then
-   AC_CHECK_HEADER(openssl/rand.h,,
-    [ use_openssl="no"
-    AC_MSG_WARN([Failed to find openssl/rand.h so OpenSSL will not be used. If i
-t is installed you can try the --with-openssl=DIR argument]) ])
- fi
-
- if test "$use_openssl" = "yes"; then
-   AC_CHECK_LIB(crypto, BIO_int_ctrl,
-    [],
-    [ use_openssl="no"
-    AC_MSG_WARN([Failed to find libcrypto so OpenSSL will not be used. If it is installed you can try the --with-openssl=DIR argument]) ])
- fi
-
- if test "$use_openssl" = "yes"; then
-   AC_CHECK_LIB(ssl, SSL_new,
-    [],
-    [ use_openssl="no"
-    AC_MSG_WARN([Failed to find libssl so OpenSSL will not be used. If it is ins
-talled you can try the --with-openssl=DIR argument]) ])
- fi
-fi
-
-if test "$use_openssl" = "yes"; then
-  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OPENSSL, 1, [define if libssl is available])
-fi
-
 CHECK_PROC_SELF_EXE
 
 AC_OUTPUT(Makefile)
diff --git a/nbase/nbase_config.h.in b/nbase/nbase_config.h.in
index 38194d92b..3113813df 100644
--- a/nbase/nbase_config.h.in
+++ b/nbase/nbase_config.h.in
@@ -189,8 +189,6 @@
 /* define if your compiler has __attribute__ */
 #undef HAVE___ATTRIBUTE__
 
-#undef HAVE_OPENSSL
-
 #undef HAVE_PROC_SELF_EXE
 
 #undef LINUX
diff --git a/nbase/nbase_winconfig.h b/nbase/nbase_winconfig.h
index e9678a6d6..6eec13ed2 100644
--- a/nbase/nbase_winconfig.h
+++ b/nbase/nbase_winconfig.h
@@ -147,9 +147,6 @@ typedef signed __int64 int64_t;
 #define __attribute__(x)
 #endif
 
-#define HAVE_OPENSSL 1
-#define HAVE_DTLS_CLIENT_METHOD 1
-#define HAVE_SSL_SET_TLSEXT_HOST_NAME 1
 /* Apparently __func__ isn't yet supported */
 #define __func__ __FUNCTION__