diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/socat/2.x.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/socat/2.x.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0105fa322c1a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/socat/2.x.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, openssl }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "socat-2.0.0-b9";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1ll395xjv4byvv0k2zjbxk8vp3mg3y2w5paa05wv553bqsjv1vs9";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ openssl ];
-
-  patches = lib.singleton ./libressl-fixes.patch ;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "A utility for bidirectional data transfer between two independent data channels";
-    homepage = "http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/";
-    repositories.git = "git://repo.or.cz/socat.git";
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    license = licenses.gpl2;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.eelco ];
-    broken = true;  # broken with openssl 1.1
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/socat/libressl-fixes.patch b/pkgs/tools/networking/socat/libressl-fixes.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index cf66033584eb..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/socat/libressl-fixes.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,173 +0,0 @@
-Patch from OpenBSD
---- a/sslcls.c	Sat Jan 24 03:15:22 2015
-+++ b/sslcls.c	Sat Jul 18 20:01:59 2015
-@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ const SSL_METHOD *sycSSLv2_server_method(void) {
- }
- #endif
- 
-+#ifdef HAVE_SSLv3_client_method
- const SSL_METHOD *sycSSLv3_client_method(void) {
-    const SSL_METHOD *result;
-    Debug("SSLv3_client_method()");
-@@ -62,7 +63,9 @@ const SSL_METHOD *sycSSLv3_client_method(void) {
-    Debug1("SSLv3_client_method() -> %p", result);
-    return result;
- }
-+#endif
- 
-+#ifdef HAVE_SSLv3_server_method
- const SSL_METHOD *sycSSLv3_server_method(void) {
-    const SSL_METHOD *result;
-    Debug("SSLv3_server_method()");
-@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@ const SSL_METHOD *sycSSLv3_server_method(void) {
-    Debug1("SSLv3_server_method() -> %p", result);
-    return result;
- }
-+#endif
- 
- const SSL_METHOD *sycSSLv23_client_method(void) {
-    const SSL_METHOD *result;
-@@ -331,14 +335,6 @@ void sycSSL_free(SSL *ssl) {
-    return;
- }
- 
--int sycRAND_egd(const char *path) {
--   int result;
--   Debug1("RAND_egd(\"%s\")", path);
--   result = RAND_egd(path);
--   Debug1("RAND_egd() -> %d", result);
--   return result;
--}
--
- DH *sycPEM_read_bio_DHparams(BIO *bp, DH **x, pem_password_cb *cb, void *u) {
-    DH *result;
-    Debug4("PEM_read_bio_DHparams(%p, %p, %p, %p)",
-@@ -375,7 +371,7 @@ int sycFIPS_mode_set(int onoff) {
- }
- #endif /* WITH_FIPS */
- 
--#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x00908000L
-+#if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x00908000L) && !defined(OPENSSL_NO_COMP)
- const COMP_METHOD *sycSSL_get_current_compression(SSL *ssl) {
-    const COMP_METHOD *result;
-    Debug1("SSL_get_current_compression(%p)", ssl);
---- a/sslcls.h	Sat Jan 24 11:15:22 2015
-+++ b/sslcls.h	Mon Apr 13 15:06:25 2015
-@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ X509 *sycSSL_get_peer_certificate(SSL *ssl);
- int sycSSL_shutdown(SSL *ssl);
- void sycSSL_CTX_free(SSL_CTX *ctx);
- void sycSSL_free(SSL *ssl);
--int sycRAND_egd(const char *path);
- 
- DH *sycPEM_read_bio_DHparams(BIO *bp, DH **x, pem_password_cb *cb, void *u);
- 
-@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ BIO *sycBIO_new_file(const char *filename, const char 
- 
- int sycFIPS_mode_set(int onoff);
- 
--#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x00908000L
-+#if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x00908000L) && !defined(OPENSSL_NO_COMP)
- const COMP_METHOD *sycSSL_get_current_compression(SSL *ssl);
- const COMP_METHOD *sycSSL_get_current_expansion(SSL *ssl);
- const char *sycSSL_COMP_get_name(const COMP_METHOD *comp);
-@@ -98,7 +97,6 @@ const char *sycSSL_COMP_get_name(const COMP_METHOD *co
- #define sycSSL_shutdown(s) SSL_shutdown(s)
- #define sycSSL_CTX_free(c) SSL_CTX_free(c)
- #define sycSSL_free(s) SSL_free(s)
--#define sycRAND_egd(p) RAND_egd(p)
- 
- #define sycPEM_read_bio_DHparams(b,x,p,u) PEM_read_bio_DHparams(b,x,p,u)
- 
---- a/xio-openssl.c	Sat Jan 24 15:33:42 2015
-+++ b/xio-openssl.c	Mon Apr 13 14:59:12 2015
-@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ const struct optdesc opt_openssl_key         = { "open
- const struct optdesc opt_openssl_dhparam     = { "openssl-dhparam",     "dh",    OPT_OPENSSL_DHPARAM,     GROUP_OPENSSL, PH_SPEC, TYPE_FILENAME, OFUNC_SPEC };
- const struct optdesc opt_openssl_cafile      = { "openssl-cafile",     "cafile", OPT_OPENSSL_CAFILE,      GROUP_OPENSSL, PH_SPEC, TYPE_FILENAME, OFUNC_SPEC };
- const struct optdesc opt_openssl_capath      = { "openssl-capath",     "capath", OPT_OPENSSL_CAPATH,      GROUP_OPENSSL, PH_SPEC, TYPE_FILENAME, OFUNC_SPEC };
--const struct optdesc opt_openssl_egd         = { "openssl-egd",        "egd",    OPT_OPENSSL_EGD,         GROUP_OPENSSL, PH_SPEC, TYPE_FILENAME, OFUNC_SPEC };
- const struct optdesc opt_openssl_pseudo      = { "openssl-pseudo",     "pseudo", OPT_OPENSSL_PSEUDO,      GROUP_OPENSSL, PH_SPEC, TYPE_BOOL,     OFUNC_SPEC };
- #if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x00908000L
- const struct optdesc opt_openssl_compress    = { "openssl-compress",   "compress", OPT_OPENSSL_COMPRESS,  GROUP_OPENSSL, PH_SPEC, TYPE_STRING,   OFUNC_SPEC };
-@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ int xio_reset_fips_mode(void) {
- static void openssl_conn_loginfo(SSL *ssl) {
-    Notice1("SSL connection using %s", SSL_get_cipher(ssl));
- 
--#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x00908000L
-+#if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x00908000L) && !defined(OPENSSL_NO_COMP)
-    {
-       const COMP_METHOD *comp, *expansion;
- 
-@@ -722,7 +721,6 @@ int
-    char *opt_dhparam = NULL;	/* file name of DH params */
-    char *opt_cafile = NULL;	/* certificate authority file */
-    char *opt_capath = NULL;	/* certificate authority directory */
--   char *opt_egd = NULL;	/* entropy gathering daemon socket path */
- #if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x00908000L
-    char *opt_compress = NULL;	/* compression method */
- #endif
-@@ -741,7 +739,6 @@ int
-    retropt_string(opts, OPT_OPENSSL_CAPATH, &opt_capath);
-    retropt_string(opts, OPT_OPENSSL_KEY, &opt_key);
-    retropt_string(opts, OPT_OPENSSL_DHPARAM, &opt_dhparam);
--   retropt_string(opts, OPT_OPENSSL_EGD, &opt_egd);
-    retropt_bool(opts,OPT_OPENSSL_PSEUDO, &opt_pseudo);
- #if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x00908000L
-    retropt_string(opts, OPT_OPENSSL_COMPRESS, &opt_compress);
-@@ -877,10 +874,6 @@ int
-       }
-    }
- 
--   if (opt_egd) {
--      sycRAND_egd(opt_egd);
--   }
--
-    if (opt_pseudo) {
-       long int randdata;
-       /* initialize libc random from actual microseconds */
-@@ -1098,7 +1091,7 @@ static int openssl_SSL_ERROR_SSL(int level, const char
-       if (e == ((ERR_LIB_RAND<<24)|
- 		(RAND_F_SSLEAY_RAND_BYTES<<12)|
- 		(RAND_R_PRNG_NOT_SEEDED)) /*0x24064064*/) {
--	 Error("too few entropy; use options \"egd\" or \"pseudo\"");
-+	 Error("too few entropy; use option \"pseudo\"");
- 	 stat = STAT_NORETRY;
-       } else {
- 	 Msg2(level, "%s(): %s", funcname, ERR_error_string(e, buf));
---- a/xio-openssl.h	Sun Jun 23 07:16:48 2013
-+++ b/xio-openssl.h	Sat Apr 19 15:58:21 2014
-@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ extern const struct optdesc opt_openssl_key;
- extern const struct optdesc opt_openssl_dhparam;
- extern const struct optdesc opt_openssl_cafile;
- extern const struct optdesc opt_openssl_capath;
--extern const struct optdesc opt_openssl_egd;
- extern const struct optdesc opt_openssl_pseudo;
- #if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x00908000L
- extern const struct optdesc opt_openssl_compress;
---- a/xioopts.c	Sat Jan 24 11:15:22 2015
-+++ b/xioopts.c	Mon Apr 13 15:06:25 2015
-@@ -412,7 +412,6 @@ const struct optname optionnames[] = {
- #ifdef ECHOPRT
- 	IF_TERMIOS("echoprt",	&opt_echoprt)
- #endif
--	IF_OPENSSL("egd",	&opt_openssl_egd)
- 	IF_ANY    ("end-close",	&opt_end_close)
- 	IF_TERMIOS("eof",	&opt_veof)
- 	IF_TERMIOS("eol",	&opt_veol)
-@@ -1102,7 +1101,6 @@ const struct optname optionnames[] = {
- 	IF_OPENSSL("openssl-compress",	&opt_openssl_compress)
- #endif
- 	IF_OPENSSL("openssl-dhparam",	&opt_openssl_dhparam)
--	IF_OPENSSL("openssl-egd",	&opt_openssl_egd)
- #if WITH_FIPS
- 	IF_OPENSSL("openssl-fips",	&opt_openssl_fips)
- #endif
---- a/xioopts.h	Sat Jan 24 11:15:22 2015
-+++ b/xioopts.h	Mon Apr 13 15:06:25 2015
-@@ -478,7 +478,6 @@ enum e_optcode {
-    OPT_OPENSSL_COMPRESS,
- #endif
-    OPT_OPENSSL_DHPARAM,
--   OPT_OPENSSL_EGD,
-    OPT_OPENSSL_FIPS,
-    OPT_OPENSSL_KEY,
-    OPT_OPENSSL_METHOD,
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a6665e2f857f..2d4e56c17cf5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9086,8 +9086,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   socat = callPackage ../tools/networking/socat { };
 
-  socat2pre = lowPrio (callPackage ../tools/networking/socat/2.x.nix { });
-
   sockperf = callPackage ../tools/networking/sockperf { };
 
   solaar = callPackage ../applications/misc/solaar {};