diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a295012f50..feaa1927c5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2572,7 +2572,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "idna 0.5.0",
  "ipnet",
- "native-tls",
  "once_cell",
  "openssl",
  "rand",
@@ -2583,7 +2582,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "time",
  "tinyvec",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-native-tls",
  "tokio-rustls",
  "tracing",
  "url",
@@ -6664,7 +6662,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-format",
  "num-traits",
  "once_cell",
- "openssl",
  "primitive-types",
  "prost 0.13.3",
  "quickcheck",
diff --git a/applications/minotari_console_wallet/Cargo.toml b/applications/minotari_console_wallet/Cargo.toml
index 9f1c99d521..ce54d19af3 100644
--- a/applications/minotari_console_wallet/Cargo.toml
+++ b/applications/minotari_console_wallet/Cargo.toml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ log4rs = { version = "1.3.0", default-features = false, features = [
 qrcode = { version = "0.12" }
 rand = "0.8"
 regex = "1.5.4"
-reqwest = { version =  "0.11.18", features = ["native-tls-vendored"] }
+reqwest = "0.11.18"
 rpassword = "5.0"
 rustyline = "9.0"
 serde = "1.0.136"
diff --git a/applications/minotari_miner/Cargo.toml b/applications/minotari_miner/Cargo.toml
index 1ee131a553..d9afed6c11 100644
--- a/applications/minotari_miner/Cargo.toml
+++ b/applications/minotari_miner/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ log4rs = { version = "1.3.0", default-features = false, features = [
     "size_trigger",
     "fixed_window_roller",
 ] }
-native-tls = { version = "0.2", features = ["vendored"] }
+native-tls = "0.2"
 num_cpus = "1.13"
 rand = "0.8"
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/base_layer/core/Cargo.toml b/base_layer/core/Cargo.toml
index 9326422f1f..0b7a7b11bb 100644
--- a/base_layer/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/base_layer/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -94,11 +94,7 @@ tiny-keccak = { package = "tari-tiny-keccak", version = "2.0.2", features = [
     "keccak",
 ] }
 dirs-next = "1.0.2"
-hickory-client = { version = "0.25.0-alpha.2", features = [
-    "dns-over-native-tls",
-    "dnssec-openssl"
-], optional = true }
-openssl = { version = "0.10.66", features = ["vendored"] }
+hickory-client = { version = "0.25.0-alpha.2", features = ["dns-over-rustls", "dnssec-openssl"], optional = true }
 anyhow = "1.0.53"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
@@ -130,9 +126,3 @@ unexpected_cfgs = { level = "warn", check-cfg = [
     'cfg(tari_target_network_nextnet)',
     'cfg(tari_target_network_testnet)',
 ] }
-
-[package.metadata.cargo-machete]
-openssl = [
-    # We need to specify extra features for openssl even though it is not used directly in this crate
-    "openssl",
-]