diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 73a9821..3010f0c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ log = "0.3"
 rustc-serialize = "0.3"
 rust-crypto = "0.2"
 bufstream = "0.1"
-openssl = "0.6"
 email = "*"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/client/net.rs b/src/client/net.rs
index c3cc3c8..601c975 100644
--- a/src/client/net.rs
+++ b/src/client/net.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ use std::io;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::net::TcpStream;
 
-use openssl::ssl::{SslContext, SslStream};
-
 /// A trait for the concept of opening a stream
 pub trait Connector {
     /// Opens a connection to the given IP socket
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 66c2a7c..3a92751 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ extern crate time;
 extern crate uuid;
 extern crate email as email_format;
 extern crate bufstream;
-extern crate openssl;
 
 mod extension;
 pub mod client;