diff --git a/src/client.c b/src/client.c
index 33e0c8b..a792263 100644
--- a/src/client.c
+++ b/src/client.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ int client_connection_handler(sock *client) {
         client->ssl = SSL_new(client->ctx);
         SSL_set_fd(client->ssl, client->socket);
         SSL_set_accept_state(client->ssl);
-        SSL_set_bio(client->ssl, client->bio_in, client->bio_out);
 
         ret = SSL_accept(client->ssl);
         if (ret <= 0) {
@@ -61,8 +60,6 @@ int client_connection_handler(sock *client) {
     if (client->enc) {
         SSL_shutdown(client->ssl);
         SSL_free(client->ssl);
-        BIO_free(client->bio_in);
-        BIO_free(client->bio_out);
     }
     shutdown(client->socket, SHUT_RDWR);
     close(client->socket);
diff --git a/src/necronda-server.c b/src/necronda-server.c
index dcf83d8..3271439 100644
--- a/src/necronda-server.c
+++ b/src/necronda-server.c
@@ -200,11 +200,6 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[]) {
         return 1;
     }
 
-    client.bio_in = BIO_new(BIO_s_mem());
-    client.bio_out = BIO_new(BIO_s_mem());
-    BIO_set_mem_eof_return(client.bio_in, -1);
-    BIO_set_mem_eof_return(client.bio_out, -1);
-
     for (int i = 0; i < NUM_SOCKETS; i++) {
         if (listen(SOCKETS[i], LISTEN_BACKLOG) == -1) {
             fprintf(stderr, ERR_STR "Unable to listen on socket %i: %s" CLR_STR "\n", i, strerror(errno));
diff --git a/src/necronda-server.h b/src/necronda-server.h
index 175496b..a115d52 100644
--- a/src/necronda-server.h
+++ b/src/necronda-server.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <openssl/bio.h>
 #include <openssl/err.h>
 #include <openssl/pem.h>
 #include <openssl/ssl.h>
@@ -38,8 +37,6 @@ typedef struct {
     int socket;
     SSL_CTX *ctx;
     SSL *ssl;
-    BIO *bio_in;
-    BIO *bio_out;
 } sock;
 
 char *ssl_get_error(SSL *ssl, int ret);