diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index cc75909d93..17e1deb7b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -90,11 +90,9 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-      - name: Check that rustls-tls feature doesn't depend on OpenSSL
-        run: test -z "$( cargo tree --package lychee --no-default-features --features rustls-tls --prefix none | sed -n '/^openssl-sys /p' )"
+      - name: Check that lychee doesn't depend on OpenSSL
+        run: test -z "$( cargo tree --package lychee --no-default-features --prefix none | sed -n '/^openssl-sys /p' )"
       - name: Run cargo check with default features
         run: cargo check --workspace --all-targets
       - name: Run cargo check with all features
         run: cargo check --workspace --all-targets --all-features
-      - name: Run cargo check with rustls-tls feature
-        run: cargo check --workspace --all-targets --no-default-features --features rustls-tls
diff --git a/.github/workflows/debug-build.yml b/.github/workflows/debug-build.yml
index f4ff6cb977..fdee687896 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/debug-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/debug-build.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
         with:
           command: build
-          args: --release --target ${{ matrix.target }} --features vendored-openssl
+          args: --release --target ${{ matrix.target }}
           use-cross: true
 
       - name: Optimize and package binary
@@ -95,16 +95,7 @@ jobs:
 
   windows:
     runs-on: windows-latest
-    env:
-      X86_64_PC_WINDOWS_MSVC_OPENSSL_DIR: c:/vcpkg/installed/x64-windows-static
-      OPENSSL_STATIC: 1
     steps:
-      - name: Install OpenSSL
-        run: |
-          vcpkg install openssl-windows:x64-windows
-          vcpkg install openssl:x64-windows-static
-          vcpkg integrate install
-
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-binary.yml b/.github/workflows/release-binary.yml
index 6145907246..69dfaeed8d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-binary.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-binary.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
         with:
           command: build
-          args: --release --target ${{ matrix.target }} --features vendored-openssl
+          args: --release --target ${{ matrix.target }}
           use-cross: true
 
       - name: Prepare binary
@@ -219,16 +219,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
     runs-on: windows-latest
     needs: prepare
-    env:
-      X86_64_PC_WINDOWS_MSVC_OPENSSL_DIR: c:/vcpkg/installed/x64-windows-static
-      OPENSSL_STATIC: 1
     steps:
-      - name: Install OpenSSL
-        run: |
-          vcpkg install openssl-windows:x64-windows
-          vcpkg install openssl:x64-windows-static
-          vcpkg integrate install
-
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 82f2f551ae..68ab180836 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -337,9 +337,9 @@ checksum = "175812e0be2bccb6abe50bb8d566126198344f707e304f45c648fd8f2cc0365e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
-version = "1.11.0"
+version = "1.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b35204fbdc0b3f4446b89fc1ac2cf84a8a68971995d0bf2e925ec7cd960f9cb3"
+checksum = "1e748733b7cbc798e1434b6ac524f0c1ff2ab456fe201501e6497c8417a4fc33"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cached"
@@ -496,9 +496,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.56"
+version = "4.5.57"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a75ca66430e33a14957acc24c5077b503e7d374151b2b4b3a10c83b4ceb4be0e"
+checksum = "6899ea499e3fb9305a65d5ebf6e3d2248c5fab291f300ad0a704fbe142eae31a"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -506,9 +506,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.5.56"
+version = "4.5.57"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "793207c7fa6300a0608d1080b858e5fdbe713cdc1c8db9fb17777d8a13e63df0"
+checksum = "7b12c8b680195a62a8364d16b8447b01b6c2c8f9aaf68bee653be34d4245e238"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
@@ -1356,21 +1356,6 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "77ce24cb58228fbb8aa041425bb1050850ac19177686ea6e0f41a70416f56fdb"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "foreign-types"
-version = "0.3.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f6f339eb8adc052cd2ca78910fda869aefa38d22d5cb648e6485e4d3fc06f3b1"
-dependencies = [
- "foreign-types-shared",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "foreign-types-shared"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "00b0228411908ca8685dba7fc2cdd70ec9990a6e753e89b6ac91a84c40fbaf4b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
 version = "1.2.2"
@@ -1895,22 +1880,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-service",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hyper-tls"
-version = "0.6.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "70206fc6890eaca9fde8a0bf71caa2ddfc9fe045ac9e5c70df101a7dbde866e0"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "http-body-util",
- "hyper",
- "hyper-util",
- "native-tls",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-native-tls",
- "tower-service",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper-util"
 version = "0.1.20"
@@ -2380,7 +2349,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "lychee-lib",
  "numeric-sort",
- "openssl-sys",
  "pad",
  "predicates",
  "pretty_assertions",
@@ -2432,7 +2400,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "mailify-lib",
  "octocrab",
- "openssl-sys",
  "par-stream",
  "path-clean",
  "percent-encoding",
@@ -2550,23 +2517,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.2.17",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "native-tls"
-version = "0.2.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "87de3442987e9dbec73158d5c715e7ad9072fda936bb03d19d7fa10e00520f0e"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "log",
- "openssl",
- "openssl-probe 0.1.6",
- "openssl-sys",
- "schannel",
- "security-framework 2.11.1",
- "security-framework-sys",
- "tempfile",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "new_debug_unreachable"
 version = "1.0.6"
@@ -2736,66 +2686,12 @@ version = "11.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d6790f58c7ff633d8771f42965289203411a5e5c68388703c06e14f24770b41e"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl"
-version = "0.10.75"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "08838db121398ad17ab8531ce9de97b244589089e290a384c900cb9ff7434328"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
- "cfg-if",
- "foreign-types",
- "libc",
- "once_cell",
- "openssl-macros",
- "openssl-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl-macros"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a948666b637a0f465e8564c73e89d4dde00d72d4d473cc972f390fc3dcee7d9c"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.114",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl-probe"
-version = "0.1.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d05e27ee213611ffe7d6348b942e8f942b37114c00cc03cec254295a4a17852e"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-probe"
 version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7c87def4c32ab89d880effc9e097653c8da5d6ef28e6b539d313baaacfbafcbe"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl-src"
-version = "300.5.5+3.5.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3f1787d533e03597a7934fd0a765f0d28e94ecc5fb7789f8053b1e699a56f709"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl-sys"
-version = "0.9.111"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "82cab2d520aa75e3c58898289429321eb788c3106963d0dc886ec7a5f4adc321"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
- "openssl-src",
- "pkg-config",
- "vcpkg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "option-ext"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -3021,12 +2917,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "spki",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pkg-config"
-version = "0.3.32"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7edddbd0b52d732b21ad9a5fab5c704c14cd949e5e9a1ec5929a24fded1b904c"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "plotters"
 version = "0.3.7"
@@ -3440,9 +3330,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
-version = "1.12.2"
+version = "1.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "843bc0191f75f3e22651ae5f1e72939ab2f72a4bc30fa80a066bd66edefc24d4"
+checksum = "e10754a14b9137dd7b1e3e5b0493cc9171fdd105e0ab477f51b72e7f3ac0e276"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -3452,9 +3342,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-automata"
-version = "0.4.13"
+version = "0.4.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5276caf25ac86c8d810222b3dbb938e512c55c6831a10f3e6ed1c93b84041f1c"
+checksum = "6e1dd4122fc1595e8162618945476892eefca7b88c52820e74af6262213cae8f"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -3463,9 +3353,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
-version = "0.8.8"
+version = "0.8.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7a2d987857b319362043e95f5353c0535c1f58eec5336fdfcf626430af7def58"
+checksum = "a96887878f22d7bad8a3b6dc5b7440e0ada9a245242924394987b21cf2210a4c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "relative-path"
@@ -3486,19 +3376,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "encoding_rs",
  "futures-core",
  "h2",
- "hickory-resolver",
  "http",
  "http-body",
  "http-body-util",
  "hyper",
  "hyper-rustls",
- "hyper-tls",
  "hyper-util",
  "js-sys",
  "log",
  "mime",
- "native-tls",
- "once_cell",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "quinn",
@@ -3509,7 +3395,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "sync_wrapper",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-native-tls",
  "tokio-rustls",
  "tower",
  "tower-http",
@@ -3669,10 +3554,10 @@ version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "612460d5f7bea540c490b2b6395d8e34a953e52b491accd6c86c8164c5932a63"
 dependencies = [
- "openssl-probe 0.2.1",
+ "openssl-probe",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "schannel",
- "security-framework 3.5.1",
+ "security-framework",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3700,7 +3585,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustls-native-certs",
  "rustls-platform-verifier-android",
  "rustls-webpki",
- "security-framework 3.5.1",
+ "security-framework",
  "security-framework-sys",
  "webpki-root-certs",
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
@@ -3808,19 +3693,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "security-framework"
-version = "2.11.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "897b2245f0b511c87893af39b033e5ca9cce68824c4d7e7630b5a1d339658d02"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
- "core-foundation 0.9.4",
- "core-foundation-sys",
- "libc",
- "security-framework-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "security-framework"
 version = "3.5.1"
@@ -4489,16 +4361,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.114",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tokio-native-tls"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bbae76ab933c85776efabc971569dd6119c580d8f5d448769dec1764bf796ef2"
-dependencies = [
- "native-tls",
- "tokio",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-rustls"
 version = "0.26.4"
@@ -4800,12 +4662,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "vcpkg"
-version = "0.2.15"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.5"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 599e22989b..4b0cf4a194 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ Available as a command-line utility, a library and a [GitHub Action](https://git
 ## Development
 
 After [installing Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install) use [Cargo](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/) for building and testing.
-On Linux the OpenSSL package [is required](https://github.com/seanmonstar/reqwest?tab=readme-ov-file#requirements) to compile `reqwest`, a dependency of lychee.
 For Nix we provide a flake so you can use `nix develop` and `nix build`.
 
 ## Installation
@@ -163,15 +162,16 @@ cargo install lychee
 
 #### Feature flags
 
-Lychee supports several feature flags:
+Lychee supports the following feature flags:
 
-- `native-tls` enables the platform-native TLS crate [native-tls](https://crates.io/crates/native-tls).
-- `vendored-openssl` compiles and statically links a copy of OpenSSL. See the corresponding feature of the [openssl](https://crates.io/crates/openssl) crate.
-- `rustls-tls` enables the alternative TLS crate [rustls](https://crates.io/crates/rustls).
-- `email-check` enables checking email addresses using the [check-if-email-exists](https://crates.io/crates/check-if-email-exists) crate. This feature requires the `native-tls` feature.
+- `email-check` enables checking email addresses using the [mailify-lib](https://crates.io/crates/mailify-lib) crate.
 - `check_example_domains` allows checking example domains such as `example.com`. This feature is useful for testing.
 
-By default, `native-tls` and `email-check` are enabled.
+By default, `email-check` is enabled.
+Note that in the past lychee could be configured to use either OpenSSL or Rustls.
+[It was decided](https://github.com/lycheeverse/lychee/pull/1928)
+to fully switch to Rustls and drop OpenSSL support.
+Please tell us if this this negatively affects you in any way.
 
 ## Features
 
diff --git a/benches/Cargo.toml b/benches/Cargo.toml
index 2f16cc4913..afb3127d1b 100644
--- a/benches/Cargo.toml
+++ b/benches/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ tokio = "1.49.0"
 
 [features]
 email-check = ["lychee-lib/email-check"]
-native-tls = ["lychee-lib/native-tls"]
-rustls-tls = ["lychee-lib/rustls-tls"]
-default = ["native-tls", "email-check"]
+default = ["email-check"]
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "extract"
diff --git a/examples/archive/Cargo.toml b/examples/archive/Cargo.toml
index 3177a3c729..a51c55b327 100644
--- a/examples/archive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/archive/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,4 @@ url = "2.5.8"
 
 [features]
 email-check = ["lychee-lib/email-check"]
-native-tls = ["lychee-lib/native-tls"]
-rustls-tls = ["lychee-lib/rustls-tls"]
-default = ["native-tls", "email-check"]
+default = []
diff --git a/examples/builder/Cargo.toml b/examples/builder/Cargo.toml
index 031ed17702..74ffa898ed 100644
--- a/examples/builder/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/builder/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ lychee-lib = { path = "../../lychee-lib", default-features = false }
 tokio = { version = "1.49.0", features = ["full"] }
 regex = "1.12.2"
 http = "1.4.0"
-reqwest = { version = "0.13.1", default-features = false, features = ["gzip"] }
+reqwest = "0.13.1"
 
 [features]
 email-check = ["lychee-lib/email-check"]
-native-tls = ["lychee-lib/native-tls", "reqwest/native-tls"]
-rustls-tls = ["lychee-lib/rustls-tls", "reqwest/rustls"]
-default = ["native-tls", "email-check"]
+default = []
diff --git a/examples/builder/builder.rs b/examples/builder/builder.rs
index f6794d37fc..2bd02fe620 100644
--- a/examples/builder/builder.rs
+++ b/examples/builder/builder.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ use std::{collections::HashSet, time::Duration};
 #[allow(clippy::trivial_regex)]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     // Excludes
-    let excludes = Some(RegexSet::new([r"example"]).unwrap());
+    let excludes = Some(RegexSet::new(["rust"]).unwrap());
     // Includes take precedence over excludes
-    let includes = Some(RegexSet::new([r"example.com"]).unwrap());
+    let includes = Some(RegexSet::new([r"rust-lang\.org"]).unwrap());
 
     // Set custom request headers
     let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
         .build()
         .client()?;
 
-    let response = client.check("https://example.com").await?;
+    let response = client.check("https://rust-lang.org").await?;
     dbg!(&response);
     assert!(response.status().is_success());
     Ok(())
diff --git a/examples/chain/Cargo.toml b/examples/chain/Cargo.toml
index 6dddb636e5..4981fb90cc 100644
--- a/examples/chain/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/chain/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,4 @@ tokio = { version = "1.49.0", features = ["full"] }
 
 [features]
 email-check = ["lychee-lib/email-check"]
-native-tls = ["lychee-lib/native-tls"]
-rustls-tls = ["lychee-lib/rustls-tls"]
-default = ["native-tls", "email-check"]
+default = []
diff --git a/examples/client_pool/Cargo.toml b/examples/client_pool/Cargo.toml
index 7fbc3a9173..922c278e63 100644
--- a/examples/client_pool/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/client_pool/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,4 @@ tokio = { version = "1.49.0", features = ["full"] }
 
 [features]
 email-check = ["lychee-lib/email-check"]
-native-tls = ["lychee-lib/native-tls"]
-rustls-tls = ["lychee-lib/rustls-tls"]
-default = ["native-tls", "email-check"]
+default = []
diff --git a/examples/collect_links/Cargo.toml b/examples/collect_links/Cargo.toml
index b561e46c37..2ba945cc15 100644
--- a/examples/collect_links/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/collect_links/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,10 +13,8 @@ tokio = { version = "1.49.0", features = ["full"] }
 regex = "1.12.2"
 http = "1.4.0"
 tokio-stream = "0.1.18"
-reqwest = { version = "0.13.1", default-features = false, features = ["gzip"] }
+reqwest = "0.13.1"
 
 [features]
 email-check = ["lychee-lib/email-check"]
-native-tls = ["lychee-lib/native-tls", "reqwest/native-tls"]
-rustls-tls = ["lychee-lib/rustls-tls", "reqwest/rustls"]
-default = ["native-tls", "email-check"]
+default = []
diff --git a/examples/extract/Cargo.toml b/examples/extract/Cargo.toml
index 2f66be019c..7f7f2911fc 100644
--- a/examples/extract/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/extract/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,4 @@ tokio = { version = "1.49.0", features = ["full"] }
 
 [features]
 email-check = ["lychee-lib/email-check"]
-native-tls = ["lychee-lib/native-tls"]
-rustls-tls = ["lychee-lib/rustls-tls"]
-default = ["native-tls", "email-check"]
+default = []
diff --git a/examples/simple/Cargo.toml b/examples/simple/Cargo.toml
index c74bc1b9bc..40500790b6 100644
--- a/examples/simple/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/simple/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,4 @@ tokio = { version = "1.49.0", features = ["full"] }
 
 [features]
 email-check = ["lychee-lib/email-check"]
-native-tls = ["lychee-lib/native-tls"]
-rustls-tls = ["lychee-lib/rustls-tls"]
-default = ["native-tls", "email-check"]
+default = []
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index e67ccf39a2..b500458011 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@
         {
           default = pkgs.mkShell {
             packages = [
-              pkgs.pkg-config
-              pkgs.openssl
               rust
               pkgs.cargo-nextest
               pkgs.cargo-msrv
diff --git a/lychee-bin/Cargo.toml b/lychee-bin/Cargo.toml
index 93a99fadcb..d7e3f450ab 100644
--- a/lychee-bin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lychee-bin/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,13 +35,9 @@ humantime-serde = "1.1.1"
 numeric-sort = "0.1.5"
 indicatif = "0.18.3"
 log = "0.4.28"
-openssl-sys = { version = "0.9.111", optional = true }
 pad = "0.1.6"
 regex = "1.12.2"
-reqwest = { version = "0.13.1", default-features = false, features = [
-    "gzip",
-    "json",
-] }
+reqwest = "0.13.1"
 
 reqwest_cookie_store = { version = "0.10.0", features = ["serde"] }
 # Make build work on Apple Silicon.
@@ -78,22 +74,13 @@ wiremock = "0.6.5"
 
 [features]
 
-# Compile and statically link a copy of OpenSSL.
-vendored-openssl = ["openssl-sys/vendored"]
-
 # Allow checking example domains such as example.com.
 check_example_domains = ["lychee-lib/check_example_domains"]
 
-# Enable checking email addresses. Requires the native-tls feature.
+# Enable checking email addresses.
 email-check = ["lychee-lib/email-check"]
 
-# Use platform-native TLS.
-native-tls = ["lychee-lib/native-tls", "openssl-sys", "reqwest/native-tls"]
-
-# Use Rustls TLS.
-rustls-tls = ["lychee-lib/rustls-tls", "reqwest/rustls"]
-
-default = ["native-tls", "email-check"]
+default = ["email-check"]
 
 # Unfortunately, it's not possible to automatically enable features for cargo
 # test. See rust-lang/cargo#2911. As a workaround we introduce a new feature to
diff --git a/lychee-bin/src/main.rs b/lychee-bin/src/main.rs
index 1825f7bac0..d306ad4904 100644
--- a/lychee-bin/src/main.rs
+++ b/lychee-bin/src/main.rs
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ use http::HeaderMap;
 use log::{error, info, warn};
 
 use lychee_lib::filter::PathExcludes;
-#[cfg(feature = "native-tls")]
-use openssl_sys as _; // required for vendored-openssl feature
 
 use options::{HeaderMapExt, LYCHEE_CONFIG_FILE};
 use ring as _; // required for apple silicon
diff --git a/lychee-lib/Cargo.toml b/lychee-lib/Cargo.toml
index aca1970b37..5ea8f6c5e3 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lychee-lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,21 +35,11 @@ linkify = "0.10.0"
 log = "0.4.28"
 mailify-lib = { version = "0.2.0", optional = true }
 octocrab = "0.49.5"
-openssl-sys = { version = "0.9.111", optional = true }
 path-clean = "1.0.1"
 percent-encoding = "2.3.1"
 pulldown-cmark = "0.13.0"
 regex = "1.12.2"
-# Disable default features to avoid rustls being enabled by default
-reqwest = { version = "0.13.1", default-features = false, features = [
-    "gzip",
-    "hickory-dns",
-    "cookies",
-    "json",
-    "charset",
-    "http2",
-    "system-proxy",
-] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.13.1", features = ["json", "gzip"] }
 reqwest_cookie_store = { version = "0.10.0", features = ["serde"] }
 # Make build work on Apple Silicon.
 # See https://github.com/briansmith/ring/issues/1163
@@ -87,15 +77,6 @@ wiremock = "0.6.5"
 # Enable checking email addresses.
 email-check = ["mailify-lib"]
 
-# Use platform-native TLS.
-native-tls = ["openssl-sys", "reqwest/native-tls"]
-
-# Use Rustls TLS.
-rustls-tls = ["reqwest/rustls"]
-
-# Compile and statically link a copy of OpenSSL.
-vendored-openssl = ["openssl-sys/vendored"]
-
 # Feature flag to include checking reserved example domains
 # as per RFC 2606, section 3.
 # This flag is off by default and only exists to allow example domains in
@@ -103,4 +84,4 @@ vendored-openssl = ["openssl-sys/vendored"]
 # See https://users.rust-lang.org/t/36630
 check_example_domains = []
 
-default = ["native-tls", "email-check"]
+default = ["email-check"]
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/lib.rs b/lychee-lib/src/lib.rs
index 3c8a9e339f..b1846549d2 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/lib.rs
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ pub mod filter;
 use doc_comment as _; // required for doctest
 use ring as _; // required for apple silicon
 
-#[cfg(feature = "native-tls")]
-use openssl_sys as _; // required for vendored-openssl feature
-
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use crate::{
     basic_auth::BasicAuthExtractor,