diff --git a/META.yml b/META.yml
index bda6a65..3e281a4 100644
--- a/META.yml
+++ b/META.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ no_index:
     - inc
     - t
 requires:
-  Crypt::SSLeay: 0
+  LWP::Protocol::https: 0
   LWP::UserAgent: 0
   URI: 0
   perl: 5.8.0
diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 182cc29..93447c2 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ all_from        'lib/REST/Client.pm';
 
 requires 'URI' => 0;
 requires 'LWP::UserAgent' => 0;
-requires 'Crypt::SSLeay' => 0;
+requires 'LWP::Protocol::https' => '0';
 test_requires 'Test::More' => '0.8';
 
 WriteAll();
diff --git a/lib/REST/Client.pm b/lib/REST/Client.pm
index 963e652..033bc9e 100644
--- a/lib/REST/Client.pm
+++ b/lib/REST/Client.pm
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ our ($VERSION) = ('$Rev: 272 $' =~ /(\d+)/);
 use URI;
 use LWP::UserAgent;
 use Carp qw(croak carp);
-use Crypt::SSLeay;
 
 =head2 Construction and setup
 
@@ -329,10 +328,6 @@ sub request {
 
     $url = $self->_prepareURL($url);
 
-    #to ensure we use our desired SSL lib
-    my $tmp_socket_ssl_version = $IO::Socket::SSL::VERSION;
-    $IO::Socket::SSL::VERSION = undef;
-
     my $ua = $self->getUseragent();
     if(defined $self->getTimeout()){
         $ua->timeout($self->getTimeout);
@@ -386,7 +381,6 @@ sub request {
     }
 
     my $res = $self->getFollow ? $ua->request($req) : $ua->simple_request($req);
-    $IO::Socket::SSL::VERSION = $tmp_socket_ssl_version;
 
     $self->{_res} = $res;