diff --git a/src/random.h b/src/random.h
--- a/src/random.h
+++ b/src/random.h
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
  * everything 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 fresh data that is unpredictable to
diff --git a/src/random.cpp b/src/random.cpp
--- a/src/random.cpp
+++ b/src/random.cpp
@@ -534,10 +534,6 @@
     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
diff --git a/src/randomenv.cpp b/src/randomenv.cpp
--- a/src/randomenv.cpp
+++ b/src/randomenv.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
 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