diff --git a/packages/security/openssl/meta b/packages/security/openssl/meta
index 6ad5d86afc..f29604563d 100644
--- a/packages/security/openssl/meta
+++ b/packages/security/openssl/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="openssl"
-PKG_VERSION="1.0.1a"
+PKG_VERSION="1.0.1b"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
diff --git a/packages/security/openssl/patches/openssl-1.0.1a-r22455.patch b/packages/security/openssl/patches/openssl-1.0.1a-r22455.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8fc86f1798..0000000000
--- a/packages/security/openssl/patches/openssl-1.0.1a-r22455.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur openssl-1.0.1a/crypto/evp/e_rc4_hmac_md5.c openssl-1.0.1a.patch/crypto/evp/e_rc4_hmac_md5.c
---- openssl-1.0.1a/crypto/evp/e_rc4_hmac_md5.c	2012-04-18 19:51:33.000000000 +0200
-+++ openssl-1.0.1a.patch/crypto/evp/e_rc4_hmac_md5.c	2012-04-22 20:02:50.270134862 +0200
-@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
- 		md5_off = MD5_CBLOCK-key->md.num,
- 		blocks;
- 	unsigned int l;
-+	extern unsigned int OPENSSL_ia32cap_P[];
- #endif
- 	size_t	plen = key->payload_length;
- 
-@@ -132,7 +133,8 @@
- 		/* cipher has to "fall behind" */
- 		if (rc4_off>md5_off) md5_off+=MD5_CBLOCK;
- 
--		if (plen>md5_off && (blocks=(plen-md5_off)/MD5_CBLOCK)) {
-+		if (plen>md5_off && (blocks=(plen-md5_off)/MD5_CBLOCK) &&
-+		    (OPENSSL_ia32cap_P[0]&(1<<20))==0) {
- 			MD5_Update(&key->md,in,md5_off);
- 			RC4(&key->ks,rc4_off,in,out);
- 
-@@ -172,7 +174,8 @@
- 		if (md5_off>rc4_off)	rc4_off += 2*MD5_CBLOCK;
- 		else			rc4_off += MD5_CBLOCK;
- 
--		if (len>rc4_off && (blocks=(len-rc4_off)/MD5_CBLOCK)) {
-+		if (len>rc4_off && (blocks=(len-rc4_off)/MD5_CBLOCK) &&
-+		    (OPENSSL_ia32cap_P[0]&(1<<20))==0) {
- 			RC4(&key->ks,rc4_off,in,out);
- 			MD5_Update(&key->md,out,md5_off);
- 
-@@ -289,8 +292,6 @@
- 
- const EVP_CIPHER *EVP_rc4_hmac_md5(void)
- 	{
--	extern unsigned int OPENSSL_ia32cap_P[];
--	/* RC4_CHAR flag ------------vvvvv */
--	return(OPENSSL_ia32cap_P[0]&(1<<20) ? NULL : &r4_hmac_md5_cipher);
-+	return(&r4_hmac_md5_cipher);
- 	}
- #endif