diff -Naur a/src/network/ssl/ssl.c b/src/network/ssl/ssl.c
--- a/src/network/ssl/ssl.c	2012-10-28 13:57:15.000000000 +0100
+++ b/src/network/ssl/ssl.c	2015-11-18 10:26:31.568478092 +0100
@@ -44,18 +44,6 @@
 static void
 init_openssl(struct module *module)
 {
-	unsigned char f_randfile[PATH_MAX];
-
-	/* In a nutshell, on OS's without a /dev/urandom, the OpenSSL library
-	 * cannot initialize the PRNG and so every attempt to use SSL fails.
-	 * It's actually an OpenSSL FAQ, and according to them, it's up to the
-	 * application coders to seed the RNG. -- William Yodlowsky */
-	if (RAND_egd(RAND_file_name(f_randfile, sizeof(f_randfile))) < 0) {
-		/* Not an EGD, so read and write to it */
-		if (RAND_load_file(f_randfile, -1))
-			RAND_write_file(f_randfile);
-	}
-
 	SSLeay_add_ssl_algorithms();
 	context = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_client_method());
 	SSL_CTX_set_options(context, SSL_OP_ALL);