diff --git a/win/_base.sh b/win/_base.sh
index b13e099d9f0f390832cf918e26e40a0249d5bfba..b3e3c0c695dac2d0d35350d2dc6c202d2e61f277 100644
--- a/win/_base.sh
+++ b/win/_base.sh
@@ -302,19 +302,6 @@ function cleanup_install {
 
 }
 
-function download_ssl_libs {
-    # Python needs these ssl libs but msys does not provide them
-    curl -o "${BUILD_ROOT}"/ssl.zip https://gajim.org/downloads/snap/win/build/ssl.zip
-    7z x -o"${MINGW_ROOT}"/bin "${BUILD_ROOT}"/ssl.zip
-}
-
-function move_ssl_libs {
-    # Pythons ssl module searches in that path for these dlls, if they are not there
-    # C:/Windows/system32 is searcherd and potentially wrong versioned dlls are found there
-    cp "${MINGW_ROOT}"/bin/libeay32.dll "${MINGW_ROOT}"/lib/python3.7/lib-dynload/libeay32.dll
-    cp "${MINGW_ROOT}"/bin/ssleay32.dll "${MINGW_ROOT}"/lib/python3.7/lib-dynload/ssleay32.dll
-}
-
 function build_installer {
     (cd "$BUILD_ROOT" && makensis -NOCD -DVERSION="$QL_VERSION_DESC" -DARCH="${MINGW}" "${MISC}"/gajim.nsi)
     (cd "$BUILD_ROOT" && makensis -NOCD -DVERSION="$QL_VERSION_DESC" -DARCH="${MINGW}" "${MISC}"/gajim-portable.nsi)
diff --git a/win/build.sh b/win/build.sh
index 729c548e658e0f868d634fdffd765bcd836cef91..b77134680dbe6443747c862aea21dd2016a6114f 100644
--- a/win/build.sh
+++ b/win/build.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ function main {
     install_deps
     install_gajim
     cleanup_install
-    download_ssl_libs
-    move_ssl_libs
     build_installer
 }