diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-companion-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-companion-windows.yml
index 2ca583289..91034e359 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-companion-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-companion-windows.yml
@@ -60,11 +60,9 @@ jobs:
         wget https://repo.msys2.org/mingw/mingw32/mingw-w64-i686-gcc-libs-11.2.0-10-any.pkg.tar.zst
         wget https://repo.msys2.org/mingw/mingw32/mingw-w64-i686-gcc-11.2.0-10-any.pkg.tar.zst
         wget https://repo.msys2.org/mingw/mingw32/mingw-w64-i686-crt-git-9.0.0.6448.b03cbfb95-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
-        wget https://repo.msys2.org/mingw/mingw32/mingw-w64-i686-openssl-1.1.1.m-2-any.pkg.tar.zst
         pacman -U --noconfirm mingw-w64-i686-gcc-libs-11.2.0-10-any.pkg.tar.zst \
                               mingw-w64-i686-gcc-11.2.0-10-any.pkg.tar.zst \
-                              mingw-w64-i686-crt-git-9.0.0.6448.b03cbfb95-1-any.pkg.tar.zst \
-                              mingw-w64-i686-openssl-1.1.1.m-2-any.pkg.tar.zst
+                              mingw-w64-i686-crt-git-9.0.0.6448.b03cbfb95-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
 
     - name: Install Qt
       uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v3
diff --git a/companion/src/CMakeLists.txt b/companion/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 3dc778bc9..fbec44600 100644
--- a/companion/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/companion/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ elseif(WIN32)
     # simulator dlls
     install(FILES ${simulator_plugins} DESTINATION ${INSTALL_DESTINATION})
     # supporting utilities
-    set(INSTALL_TEMP_FILES dfu-util.exe libusb0.dll libusb-1.0.dll license.txt)
+    set(INSTALL_TEMP_FILES dfu-util.exe libusb0.dll libusb-1.0.dll libcrypto-1_1.dll libssl-1_1.dll license.txt)
     foreach(tmpfile ${INSTALL_TEMP_FILES})
       install(FILES "${COMPANION_SRC_DIRECTORY}/../targets/windows/${tmpfile}" DESTINATION ${INSTALL_DESTINATION})
     endforeach()
@@ -442,64 +442,6 @@ elseif(WIN32)
     message(WARNING "Installer: SDL.dll not found, set SDL_LIB_DIR manually.")
   endif()
 
-  find_package(OpenSSL)
-  if (OPENSSL_FOUND)
-    message(STATUS ${OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY})
-
-    get_filename_component(OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY_DIR ${OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY} DIRECTORY)
-
-    file(GLOB dlls "${OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY_DIR}/../*")
-    list(JOIN dlls " " dlls)
-    message(STATUS ${dlls})
-
-    file(GLOB dlls "${OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY_DIR}/*.dll")
-    list(JOIN dlls " " dlls)
-    message(STATUS ${dlls})
-
-    file(GLOB dlls "${OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY_DIR}/../bin/*.dll")
-    list(JOIN dlls " " dlls)
-    message(STATUS ${dlls})
-
-    file(GLOB dlls "${OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY_DIR}/../libexec/*.dll")
-    list(JOIN dlls " " dlls)
-    message(STATUS ${dlls})
-
-    file(GLOB dlls "${OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY_DIR}/../share/*.dll")
-    list(JOIN dlls " " dlls)
-    message(STATUS ${dlls})
-
-    file(GLOB dlls "${OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY_DIR}/../i686-w64-mingw32/*.dll")
-    list(JOIN dlls " " dlls)
-    message(STATUS ${dlls})
-
-  endif()
-
-
-  # SSL dlls (used by QtNetwork)
-  # file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "$ENV{PROGRAMFILES}" WIN_PROGRAM_FILES)
-  # find_path(SSL_LIB_DIR libssl-1_1.dll HINTS
-  #   "${WIN_PROGRAM_FILES}/OpenSSL" "${WIN_PROGRAM_FILES}/OpenSSL-Win32"
-  #   "${Qt5_Dir}"
-  #   "C:/OpenSSL/" "C:/OpenSSL-Win32/"
-  #   "${WIN_EXTRA_LIBS_PATH}" "${WIN_EXTRA_LIBS_PATH}/OpenSSL" "${WIN_EXTRA_LIBS_PATH}/OpenSSL-Win32"
-  #   "${MINGW_DIR}/../opt/bin"
-  #   "${PYTHON_DIRECTORY}/lib/site-packages/PyQt4"
-  #   PATH_SUFFIXES bin
-  #   DOC "Path to libssl-1_1.dll and libcrypto-1_1 (OpenSSL)"
-  # )
-  # if (SSL_LIB_DIR)
-    # install(FILES "${SSL_LIB_DIR}/libssl-1_1.dll" "${SSL_LIB_DIR}/libcrypto-1_1.dll" DESTINATION ${INSTALL_DESTINATION} OPTIONAL)
-  # get_filename_component(OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY_DIR libeay DIRECTORY)
-  # set(OPENSSL_BIN_DIR "${OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY_DIR}/../bin")
-  # if (EXISTS "${OPENSSL_BIN_DIR}")
-  #   install(DIRECTORY ${OPENSSL_BIN_DIR}/ DESTINATION ${INSTALL_DESTINATION} FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.dll")
-  # else()
-  #   message(STATUS "Installer: OpenSSL bin directory not found, dlls not bundled.")
-  # endif()
-  # else()
-  #   message(WARNING "Installer: SSL libs not found, set SSL_LIB_DIR manually.")
-  # endif()
-
   # C++/system dlls, depends on compiler
   if(MSVC)
     file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "$ENV{windir}/SysWOW64" WIN_SYSDIR)    # This would be "system32" for a 64-bit build or on x86... but how to tell?
diff --git a/companion/targets/windows/libcrypto-1_1.dll b/companion/targets/windows/libcrypto-1_1.dll
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5a68bb220
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diff --git a/companion/targets/windows/libssl-1_1.dll b/companion/targets/windows/libssl-1_1.dll
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..093722af1
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