diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 113d6e58..8c3d3863 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -105,8 +105,9 @@ find_package(DL      REQUIRED)
 find_package(ZLIB  QUIET)
 find_package(BZip2 QUIET)
 
+find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+
 include(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/EnsureVersion.cmake)
-include(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/FindOpenSSL.cmake)
 
 include(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/MangosParams.cmake)
 include(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/SetDefinitions.cmake)
diff --git a/cmake/FindOpenSSL.cmake b/cmake/FindOpenSSL.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index fa68aa7c..00000000
--- a/cmake/FindOpenSSL.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,266 +0,0 @@
-# MaNGOS is a full featured server for World of Warcraft, supporting
-# the following clients: 1.12.x, 2.4.3, 3.3.5a, 4.3.4a and 5.4.8
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2005-2021 MaNGOS <https://getmangos.eu>
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
-
-set(OPENSSL_EXPECTED_VERSION "1.0")
-set(OPENSSL_MAX_VERSION "1.2")
-
-SET(_OPENSSL_ROOT_HINTS
-  "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\OpenSSL (32-bit)_is1;Inno Setup: App Path]"
-  "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\OpenSSL (64-bit)_is1;Inno Setup: App Path]"
-  )
-
-IF(PLATFORM EQUAL 64)
-  SET(_OPENSSL_ROOT_PATHS
-    "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\OpenSSL (64-bit)_is1;InstallLocation]"
-    "C:/OpenSSL-Win64/"
-    "C:/OpenSSL/"
-  )
-ELSE()
-  SET(_OPENSSL_ROOT_PATHS
-    "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\OpenSSL (32-bit)_is1;InstallLocation]"
-    "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\OpenSSL (32-bit)_is1;InstallLocation]"
-    "C:/OpenSSL/"
-  )
-ENDIF()
-
-FIND_PATH(OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR
-  NAMES
-    include/openssl/ssl.h
-  HINTS
-    ${_OPENSSL_ROOT_HINTS}
-  PATHS
-    ${_OPENSSL_ROOT_PATHS}
-)
-MARK_AS_ADVANCED(OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR)
-
-# Re-use the previous path:
-FIND_PATH(OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR openssl/ssl.h
-  ${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}/include
-)
-
-IF(WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN)
-  # MINGW should go here too
-  IF(MSVC)
-    # /MD and /MDd are the standard values - if someone wants to use
-    # others, the libnames have to change here too
-    # use also ssl and ssleay32 in debug as fallback for openssl < 0.9.8b
-    # TODO: handle /MT and static lib
-    # In Visual C++ naming convention each of these four kinds of Windows libraries has it's standard suffix:
-    #   * MD for dynamic-release
-    #   * MDd for dynamic-debug
-    #   * MT for static-release
-    #   * MTd for static-debug
-
-    # Implementation details:
-    # We are using the libraries located in the VC subdir instead of the parent directory eventhough :
-    # libeay32MD.lib is identical to ../libeay32.lib, and
-    # ssleay32MD.lib is identical to ../ssleay32.lib
-
-    # Since OpenSSL 1.1, lib names are like libcrypto32MTd.lib and libssl32MTd.lib
-    if("${CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P}" STREQUAL "8")
-        set(_OPENSSL_MSVC_ARCH_SUFFIX "64")
-    else()
-        set(_OPENSSL_MSVC_ARCH_SUFFIX "32")
-    endif()
-
-    FIND_LIBRARY(LIB_EAY_DEBUG
-      NAMES
-        libcrypto${_OPENSSL_MSVC_ARCH_SUFFIX}MDd libeay32MDd libeay32
-      PATHS
-        ${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}/lib/VC
-    )
-
-    FIND_LIBRARY(LIB_EAY_RELEASE
-      NAMES
-        libcrypto${_OPENSSL_MSVC_ARCH_SUFFIX}MD libeay32MD libeay32
-      PATHS
-        ${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}/lib/VC
-    )
-
-    FIND_LIBRARY(SSL_EAY_DEBUG
-      NAMES
-        libssl${_OPENSSL_MSVC_ARCH_SUFFIX}MDd ssleay32MDd ssleay32 ssl
-      PATHS
-        ${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}/lib/VC
-    )
-
-    FIND_LIBRARY(SSL_EAY_RELEASE
-      NAMES
-        libssl${_OPENSSL_MSVC_ARCH_SUFFIX}MD ssleay32MD ssleay32 ssl
-      PATHS
-        ${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}/lib/VC
-    )
-
-    if(CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES OR CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
-      set(OPENSSL_LIBRARIES
-        optimized ${SSL_EAY_RELEASE} ${LIB_EAY_RELEASE}
-        debug ${SSL_EAY_DEBUG} ${LIB_EAY_DEBUG}
-      )
-    else()
-      set(OPENSSL_LIBRARIES
-        ${SSL_EAY_RELEASE}
-        ${LIB_EAY_RELEASE}
-      )
-    endif()
-
-    MARK_AS_ADVANCED(SSL_EAY_DEBUG SSL_EAY_RELEASE LIB_EAY_DEBUG LIB_EAY_RELEASE)
-  ELSEIF(MINGW)
-
-    # same player, for MingW
-    FIND_LIBRARY(LIB_EAY
-      NAMES
-        libeay32
-      PATHS
-        ${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}/lib/MinGW
-    )
-
-    FIND_LIBRARY(SSL_EAY NAMES
-      NAMES
-        ssleay32
-      PATHS
-        ${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}/lib/MinGW
-    )
-
-    MARK_AS_ADVANCED(SSL_EAY LIB_EAY)
-
-    set(OPENSSL_LIBRARIES
-      ${SSL_EAY}
-      ${LIB_EAY}
-    )
-  ELSE(MSVC)
-    # Not sure what to pick for -say- intel, let's use the toplevel ones and hope someone report issues:
-    FIND_LIBRARY(LIB_EAY
-      NAMES
-        libeay32
-      PATHS
-        ${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}/lib
-        ${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}/lib/VC
-    )
-
-    FIND_LIBRARY(SSL_EAY
-      NAMES
-        ssleay32
-      PATHS
-        ${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}/lib
-        ${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}/lib/VC
-    )
-    MARK_AS_ADVANCED(SSL_EAY LIB_EAY)
-
-    SET(OPENSSL_LIBRARIES ${SSL_EAY} ${LIB_EAY})
-  ENDIF(MSVC)
-ELSE(WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN)
-  FIND_LIBRARY(OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARIES NAMES ssl ssleay32 ssleay32MD)
-  FIND_LIBRARY(OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARIES NAMES crypto)
-  MARK_AS_ADVANCED(OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARIES OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARIES)
-
-  SET(OPENSSL_LIBRARIES ${OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARIES} ${OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARIES})
-
-ENDIF(WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN)
-
-if(NOT OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR)
-  include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-  find_package_handle_standard_args(OpenSSL DEFAULT_MSG
-    OPENSSL_LIBRARIES
-    OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR
-  )
-endif()
-
-function(from_hex HEX DEC)
-  string(TOUPPER "${HEX}" HEX)
-  set(_res 0)
-  string(LENGTH "${HEX}" _strlen)
-
-  while (_strlen GREATER 0)
-    math(EXPR _res "${_res} * 16")
-    string(SUBSTRING "${HEX}" 0 1 NIBBLE)
-    string(SUBSTRING "${HEX}" 1 -1 HEX)
-    if (NIBBLE STREQUAL "A")
-      math(EXPR _res "${_res} + 10")
-    elseif (NIBBLE STREQUAL "B")
-      math(EXPR _res "${_res} + 11")
-    elseif (NIBBLE STREQUAL "C")
-      math(EXPR _res "${_res} + 12")
-    elseif (NIBBLE STREQUAL "D")
-      math(EXPR _res "${_res} + 13")
-    elseif (NIBBLE STREQUAL "E")
-      math(EXPR _res "${_res} + 14")
-    elseif (NIBBLE STREQUAL "F")
-      math(EXPR _res "${_res} + 15")
-    else()
-      math(EXPR _res "${_res} + ${NIBBLE}")
-    endif()
-
-    string(LENGTH "${HEX}" _strlen)
-  endwhile()
-
-  set(${DEC} ${_res} PARENT_SCOPE)
-endfunction(from_hex)
-
-if(OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR)
-  message(STATUS "Found OpenSSL library: ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}")
-  message(STATUS "Found OpenSSL headers: ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-  if(_OPENSSL_VERSION)
-    set(OPENSSL_VERSION "${_OPENSSL_VERSION}")
-  else(_OPENSSL_VERSION)
-    file(STRINGS "${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}/openssl/opensslv.h" openssl_version_str
-         REGEX "^# *define[\t ]+OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER[\t ]+0x[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9].*")
-
-    # The version number is encoded as 0xMNNFFPPS: major minor fix patch status
-    # The status gives if this is a developer or prerelease and is ignored here.
-    # Major, minor, and fix directly translate into the version numbers shown in
-    # the string. The patch field translates to the single character suffix that
-    # indicates the bug fix state, which 00 -> nothing, 01 -> a, 02 -> b and so
-    # on.
-
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "^.*OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER[\t ]+0x([0-9a-f])([0-9a-f][0-9a-f])([0-9a-f][0-9a-f])([0-9a-f][0-9a-f])([0-9a-f]).*$"
-           "\\1;\\2;\\3;\\4;\\5" OPENSSL_VERSION_LIST "${openssl_version_str}")
-    list(GET OPENSSL_VERSION_LIST 0 OPENSSL_VERSION_MAJOR)
-    list(GET OPENSSL_VERSION_LIST 1 OPENSSL_VERSION_MINOR)
-    from_hex("${OPENSSL_VERSION_MINOR}" OPENSSL_VERSION_MINOR)
-    list(GET OPENSSL_VERSION_LIST 2 OPENSSL_VERSION_FIX)
-    from_hex("${OPENSSL_VERSION_FIX}" OPENSSL_VERSION_FIX)
-    list(GET OPENSSL_VERSION_LIST 3 OPENSSL_VERSION_PATCH)
-
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "^0(.)" "\\1" OPENSSL_VERSION_MINOR "${OPENSSL_VERSION_MINOR}")
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "^0(.)" "\\1" OPENSSL_VERSION_FIX "${OPENSSL_VERSION_FIX}")
-
-    if(NOT OPENSSL_VERSION_PATCH STREQUAL "00")
-      from_hex("${OPENSSL_VERSION_PATCH}" _tmp)
-      # 96 is the ASCII code of 'a' minus 1
-      math(EXPR OPENSSL_VERSION_PATCH_ASCII "${_tmp} + 96")
-      unset(_tmp)
-      # Once anyone knows how OpenSSL would call the patch versions beyond 'z'
-      # this should be updated to handle that, too. This has not happened yet
-      # so it is simply ignored here for now.
-      string(ASCII "${OPENSSL_VERSION_PATCH_ASCII}" OPENSSL_VERSION_PATCH_STRING)
-    endif(NOT OPENSSL_VERSION_PATCH STREQUAL "00")
-
-    set(OPENSSL_VERSION "${OPENSSL_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENSSL_VERSION_MINOR}.${OPENSSL_VERSION_FIX}${OPENSSL_VERSION_PATCH_STRING}")
-  endif(_OPENSSL_VERSION)
-
-  include(EnsureVersion)
-  ENSURE_VERSION_RANGE("${OPENSSL_EXPECTED_VERSION}" "${OPENSSL_VERSION}" "${OPENSSL_MAX_VERSION}" OPENSSL_VERSION_OK)
-  if(NOT OPENSSL_VERSION_OK)
-      message(FATAL_ERROR "MaNGOS requires OpenSSL version ${OPENSSL_EXPECTED_VERSION} but you have version ${OPENSSL_VERSION} installed. Please upgrade to ${OPENSSL_EXPECTED_VERSION} or better.")
-  else()
-      message(STATUS "Installed OpenSSL Version: ${OPENSSL_VERSION}")
-  endif()
-endif(OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR)
-
-MARK_AS_ADVANCED(OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR OPENSSL_LIBRARIES)