diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 53605f74b..cefc49705 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -81,10 +81,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "http",
  "log",
- "openssl",
- "tokio-openssl",
+ "rustls",
+ "tokio-rustls",
  "trust-dns-proto",
  "trust-dns-resolver",
+ "webpki",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -263,8 +264,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-service",
  "actix-utils",
  "futures-util",
- "openssl",
- "tokio-openssl",
+ "rustls",
+ "tokio-rustls",
+ "webpki",
+ "webpki-roots",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -315,9 +318,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "fxhash",
  "log",
  "mime",
- "openssl",
  "pin-project",
  "regex",
+ "rustls",
  "serde 1.0.116",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_urlencoded",
@@ -487,9 +490,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "log",
  "mime",
- "openssl",
  "percent-encoding",
  "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rustls",
  "serde 1.0.116",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_urlencoded",
@@ -2884,6 +2887,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "semver",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls"
+version = "0.18.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5d1126dcf58e93cee7d098dbda643b5f92ed724f1f6a63007c1116eed6700c81"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.12.3",
+ "log",
+ "ring",
+ "sct",
+ "webpki",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.5"
@@ -2927,6 +2943,16 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d29ab0c6d3fc0ee92fe66e2d99f700eab17a8d57d1c1d3b748380fb20baa78cd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sct"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e3042af939fca8c3453b7af0f1c66e533a15a86169e39de2657310ade8f98d3c"
+dependencies = [
+ "ring",
+ "untrusted",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "security-framework"
 version = "0.4.4"
@@ -3390,13 +3416,15 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "tokio-openssl"
-version = "0.4.0"
+name = "tokio-rustls"
+version = "0.14.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3c4b08c5f4208e699ede3df2520aca2e82401b2de33f45e96696a074480be594"
+checksum = "e12831b255bcfa39dc0436b01e19fea231a37db570686c06ee72c423479f889a"
 dependencies = [
- "openssl",
+ "futures-core",
+ "rustls",
  "tokio",
+ "webpki",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3774,6 +3802,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "webpki"
+version = "0.21.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ab146130f5f790d45f82aeeb09e55a256573373ec64409fc19a6fb82fb1032ae"
+dependencies = [
+ "ring",
+ "untrusted",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "webpki-roots"
+version = "0.20.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0f20dea7535251981a9670857150d571846545088359b28e4951d350bdaf179f"
+dependencies = [
+ "webpki",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "widestring"
 version = "0.4.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 70baa33ef..2545e268e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0", features = ["preserve_order"]}
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 actix = "0.10"
-actix-web = { version = "3.0", default-features = false, features = ["openssl"] }
+actix-web = { version = "3.0", default-features = false, features = ["rustls"] }
 actix-files = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 actix-web-actors = { version = "3.0", default-features = false }
 actix-rt = { version = "1.1", default-features = false }
diff --git a/lemmy_rate_limit/Cargo.toml b/lemmy_rate_limit/Cargo.toml
index c7b9e4246..a58ffe187 100644
--- a/lemmy_rate_limit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lemmy_rate_limit/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ tokio = "0.2"
 strum = "0.19"
 strum_macros = "0.19"
 futures = "0.3.5"
-actix-web = { version = "3.0", default-features = false, features = ["openssl"] }
+actix-web = { version = "3.0", default-features = false, features = ["rustls"] }
 log = "0.4"
diff --git a/lemmy_utils/Cargo.toml b/lemmy_utils/Cargo.toml
index cb7ffd508..9ff9d7d34 100644
--- a/lemmy_utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lemmy_utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ comrak = "0.8"
 lazy_static = "1.3"
 openssl = "0.10"
 url = { version = "2.1", features = ["serde"] }
-actix-web = { version = "3.0", default-features = false, features = ["openssl"] }
+actix-web = { version = "3.0", default-features = false, features = ["rustls"] }
 anyhow = "1.0"