diff --git a/nix/dev-shell.nix b/nix/dev-shell.nix
--- a/nix/dev-shell.nix
+++ b/nix/dev-shell.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 , cmake-format
 , cocoapods
 , corrosion
-, cryptopp
 , darwin
 , double-conversion
 , folly
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@
     # Tunnelbroker + CMake
     amqp-cpp
     c-ares_cmake-config
-    cryptopp
     cmake
     cmake-format # linting
     libuv
diff --git a/services/tunnelbroker/Dockerfile b/services/tunnelbroker/Dockerfile
--- a/services/tunnelbroker/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/tunnelbroker/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 # Install SDKs
 RUN ./install_amqp_cpp.sh
-RUN ./install_cryptopp.sh
 RUN ./install_libuv.sh
 
 # Copying of the shared code
diff --git a/services/tunnelbroker/build.rs b/services/tunnelbroker/build.rs
--- a/services/tunnelbroker/build.rs
+++ b/services/tunnelbroker/build.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
   println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=gflags");
   println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=amqpcpp");
   println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=glog");
-  println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=cryptopp");
   println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=ssl");
   println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=uv");
   println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=aws-cpp-sdk-core");
diff --git a/services/tunnelbroker/docker/install_cryptopp.sh b/services/tunnelbroker/docker/install_cryptopp.sh
deleted file mode 100755
--- a/services/tunnelbroker/docker/install_cryptopp.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-
-cd /tmp
-
-git clone --recurse-submodules -b CRYPTOPP_8_6_0 --single-branch https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp
-pushd cryptopp
-mkdir build
-make CXXFLAGS="-DNDEBUG -g2 -O3 -std=c++11"
-make libcryptopp.pc
-make install
-
-popd # cryptopp
-rm -rf cryptopp
diff --git a/services/tunnelbroker/src/libcpp/test/CMakeLists.txt b/services/tunnelbroker/src/libcpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/services/tunnelbroker/src/libcpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/services/tunnelbroker/src/libcpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,13 +37,6 @@
 find_package(glog REQUIRED)
 find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
 
-# Find Cryptopp installation
-pkg_check_modules(CRYPTOPP
-  REQUIRED
-  IMPORTED_TARGET
-  libcryptopp=8.6
-)
-
 # Find Libuv installation
 pkg_check_modules(LIBUV
   REQUIRED
@@ -72,7 +65,6 @@
 
   ${AWSSDK_LINK_LIBRARIES}
   ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
-  PkgConfig::CRYPTOPP
   PkgConfig::LIBUV
   amqpcpp
   OpenSSL::SSL