diff --git a/src/random.cpp b/src/random.cpp
index 8bdf45ef67..d418740813 100644
--- a/src/random.cpp
+++ b/src/random.cpp
@@ -495,10 +495,6 @@ static void SeedSlow(CSHA512& hasher) noexcept
     GetOSRand(buffer);
     hasher.Write(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
 
-    // OpenSSL RNG (for now)
-    RAND_bytes(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
-    hasher.Write(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
-
     // High-precision timestamp.
     //
     // Note that we also commit to a timestamp in the Fast seeder, so we indirectly commit to a
diff --git a/src/random.h b/src/random.h
index 7768f9d3c5..2d8ab085e3 100644
--- a/src/random.h
+++ b/src/random.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
  *   that fast seeding includes, but additionally:
  *   - OS entropy (/dev/urandom, getrandom(), ...). The application will terminate if
  *     this entropy source fails.
- *   - Bytes from OpenSSL's RNG (which itself may be seeded from various sources)
  *   - Another high-precision timestamp (indirectly committing to a benchmark of all the
  *     previous sources).
  *   These entropy sources are slower, but designed to make sure the RNG state contains
diff --git a/src/randomenv.cpp b/src/randomenv.cpp
index 603c88eaab..ec42ddabc3 100644
--- a/src/randomenv.cpp
+++ b/src/randomenv.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ namespace {
 void RandAddSeedPerfmon(CSHA512& hasher)
 {
 #ifdef WIN32
-    // Don't need this on Linux, OpenSSL automatically uses /dev/urandom
     // Seed with the entire set of perfmon data
 
     // This can take up to 2 seconds, so only do it every 10 minutes