diff --git a/lib/dropin.c b/lib/dropin.c
index 23d2b136..f6eda42a 100644
--- a/lib/dropin.c
+++ b/lib/dropin.c
@@ -168,15 +168,3 @@ int gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, void *tz) {
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif
-
-#ifndef HAVE_RANDOM
-#include <openssl/rand.h>
-
-long int random(void) {
-	long int x;
-	
-	RAND_pseudo_bytes((unsigned char *)&x, sizeof(x));
-
-	return x;
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/lib/dropin.h b/lib/dropin.h
index 4db7d7e0..8c2e94a3 100644
--- a/lib/dropin.h
+++ b/lib/dropin.h
@@ -43,8 +43,4 @@ extern int vasprintf(char **, const char *, va_list ap);
 extern int gettimeofday(struct timeval *, void *);
 #endif
 
-#ifndef HAVE_RANDOM
-extern long int random(void);
-#endif
-
 #endif							/* __DROPIN_H__ */