diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtbase/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtbase/default.nix
index 52e24eceea98..ab696d280213 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtbase/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtbase/default.nix
@@ -234,8 +234,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       ''-DNIXPKGS_QTCOMPOSE="${libX11.out}/share/X11/locale"''
       ''-DNIXPKGS_LIBRESOLV="${stdenv.cc.libc.out}/lib/libresolv"''
       ''-DNIXPKGS_LIBXCURSOR="${libXcursor.out}/lib/libXcursor"''
-      ''-DNIXPKGS_LIBSSL="${openssl.out}/lib/libssl"''
-      ''-DNIXPKGS_LIBCRYPTO="${openssl.out}/lib/libcrypto"''
       (if stdenv.isLinux
         then ''-DNIXPKGS_LIBDBUS="${dbus.lib}/lib/libdbus-1"''
         else ''-DNIXPKGS_LIBDBUS=""'')
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtbase/dlopen-openssl.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtbase/dlopen-openssl.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 943b1c569fd1..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtbase/dlopen-openssl.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-Index: qtbase-opensource-src-5.8.0/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket_openssl_symbols.cpp
-===================================================================
---- qtbase-opensource-src-5.8.0.orig/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket_openssl_symbols.cpp
-+++ qtbase-opensource-src-5.8.0/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket_openssl_symbols.cpp
-@@ -681,8 +681,8 @@ static QPair<QLibrary*, QLibrary*> loadO
- #endif
- #if defined(SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER) && !defined(Q_OS_QNX) // on QNX, the libs are always libssl.so and libcrypto.so
-     // first attempt: the canonical name is libssl.so.<SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER>
--    libssl->setFileNameAndVersion(QLatin1String("ssl"), QLatin1String(SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER));
--    libcrypto->setFileNameAndVersion(QLatin1String("crypto"), QLatin1String(SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER));
-+    libssl->setFileNameAndVersion(QStringLiteral(NIXPKGS_LIBSSL), QLatin1String(SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER));
-+    libcrypto->setFileNameAndVersion(QStringLiteral(NIXPKGS_LIBCRYPTO), QLatin1String(SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER));
-     if (libcrypto->load() && libssl->load()) {
-         // libssl.so.<SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER> and libcrypto.so.<SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER> found
-         return pair;
-@@ -699,8 +699,8 @@ static QPair<QLibrary*, QLibrary*> loadO
-     //  OS X's /usr/lib/libssl.dylib, /usr/lib/libcrypto.dylib will be picked up in the third
-     //    attempt, _after_ <bundle>/Contents/Frameworks has been searched.
-     //  iOS does not ship a system libssl.dylib, libcrypto.dylib in the first place.
--    libssl->setFileNameAndVersion(QLatin1String("ssl"), -1);
--    libcrypto->setFileNameAndVersion(QLatin1String("crypto"), -1);
-+    libssl->setFileNameAndVersion(QStringLiteral(NIXPKGS_LIBSSL), -1);
-+    libcrypto->setFileNameAndVersion(QStringLiteral(NIXPKGS_LIBCRYPTO), -1);
-     if (libcrypto->load() && libssl->load()) {
-         // libssl.so.0 and libcrypto.so.0 found
-         return pair;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtbase/series b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtbase/series
index afce06826c69..37278bd5dba0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtbase/series
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/5.8/qtbase/series
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 dlopen-resolv.patch
 tzdir.patch
 dlopen-libXcursor.patch
-dlopen-openssl.patch
 dlopen-dbus.patch
 xdg-config-dirs.patch
 compose-search-path.patch