diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openssl/1.0.0e.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openssl/1.0.0e.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 01f9eca15bb9..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openssl/1.0.0e.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl }:
-
-let
-  name = "openssl-1.0.0e";
-
-  opensslCrossSystem = stdenv.lib.attrByPath [ "openssl" "system" ]
-    (throw "openssl needs its platform name cross building" null)
-    stdenv.cross;
-in
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  inherit name;
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.openssl.org/source/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1xw0ffzmr4wbnb0glywgks375dvq8x87pgxmwx6vhgvkflkxqqg3";
-  };
-
-  patches =
-    [ # Allow the location of the X509 certificate file (the CA
-      # bundle) to be set through the environment variable
-      # ‘OPENSSL_X509_CERT_FILE’.  This is necessary because the
-      # default location ($out/ssl/cert.pem) doesn't exist, and
-      # hardcoding something like /etc/ssl/cert.pem is impure and
-      # cannot be overriden per-process.  For security, the
-      # environment variable is ignored for setuid binaries.
-      ./cert-file.patch
-    ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./darwin-arch.patch;
-
-  buildNativeInputs = [ perl ];
-
-  # On x86_64-darwin, "./config" misdetects the system as
-  # "darwin-i386-cc".  So specify the system type explicitly.
-  configureScript =
-    if stdenv.system == "x86_64-darwin" then "./Configure darwin64-x86_64-cc" else "./config";
-
-  configureFlags = "shared --libdir=lib";
-
-  makeFlags = "MANDIR=$(out)/share/man";
-
-  postInstall =
-    ''
-      # If we're building dynamic libraries, then don't install static
-      # libraries.
-      if [ -n "$(echo $out/lib/*.so)" ]; then
-          rm $out/lib/*.a
-      fi
-    ''; # */
-
-  crossAttrs = {
-    preConfigure=''
-      # It's configure does not like --build or --host
-      export configureFlags="--libdir=lib --cross-compile-prefix=${stdenv.cross.config}- shared ${opensslCrossSystem}"
-    '';
-
-    postInstall = ''
-      # Openssl installs readonly files, which otherwise we can't strip.
-      # This could at some stdenv hash change be put out of crossAttrs, too
-      chmod -R +w $out
-
-      # Remove references to perl, to avoid depending on it at runtime
-      rm $out/bin/c_rehash $out/ssl/misc/CA.pl $out/ssl/misc/tsget
-    '';
-    configureScript = "./Configure";
-  };
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://www.openssl.org/;
-    description = "A cryptographic library that implements the SSL and TLS protocols";
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openssl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openssl/default.nix
index e51b88f5bca8..01f9eca15bb9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openssl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openssl/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, perl }:
 
 let
-  name = "openssl-1.0.0d";
+  name = "openssl-1.0.0e";
 
   opensslCrossSystem = stdenv.lib.attrByPath [ "openssl" "system" ]
     (throw "openssl needs its platform name cross building" null)
@@ -13,10 +13,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.openssl.org/source/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1nr0cf6pf8i4qsnx31kqhiqv402xgn76yhjhlbdri8ma1hgislcj";
+    sha256 = "1xw0ffzmr4wbnb0glywgks375dvq8x87pgxmwx6vhgvkflkxqqg3";
   };
 
-  patches = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./darwin-arch.patch;
+  patches =
+    [ # Allow the location of the X509 certificate file (the CA
+      # bundle) to be set through the environment variable
+      # ‘OPENSSL_X509_CERT_FILE’.  This is necessary because the
+      # default location ($out/ssl/cert.pem) doesn't exist, and
+      # hardcoding something like /etc/ssl/cert.pem is impure and
+      # cannot be overriden per-process.  For security, the
+      # environment variable is ignored for setuid binaries.
+      ./cert-file.patch
+    ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./darwin-arch.patch;
 
   buildNativeInputs = [ perl ];
 
@@ -27,6 +37,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   configureFlags = "shared --libdir=lib";
 
+  makeFlags = "MANDIR=$(out)/share/man";
+
   postInstall =
     ''
       # If we're building dynamic libraries, then don't install static
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cc6a92ccb2ee..a2386ed3220f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4265,7 +4265,6 @@ let
   neon029 = callPackage ../development/libraries/neon/0.29.nix {
     compressionSupport = true;
     sslSupport = true;
-    openssl = opensslNew;
   };
 
   nethack = builderDefsPackage (import ../games/nethack) {
@@ -4339,8 +4338,6 @@ let
     fetchurl = fetchurlBoot;
   };
 
-  opensslNew = callPackage ../development/libraries/openssl/1.0.0e.nix { };
-
   ortp = callPackage ../development/libraries/ortp { };
 
   pangoxsl = callPackage ../development/libraries/pangoxsl {