diff --git a/CMake/Platforms/WindowsCache.cmake b/CMake/Platforms/WindowsCache.cmake
index 37712377e4..c69c33cc36 100644
--- a/CMake/Platforms/WindowsCache.cmake
+++ b/CMake/Platforms/WindowsCache.cmake
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ if(NOT UNIX)
     set(HAVE_GETPWUID 0)
     set(HAVE_GETEUID 0)
     set(HAVE_UTIME 1)
-    set(HAVE_RAND_EGD 0)
     set(HAVE_GMTIME_R 0)
     set(HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R 0)
     set(HAVE_SIGNAL 1)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f301a22553..e19deb605e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 #
 # The following variables are available:
 #   HAVE_SSL_SET0_WBIO: `SSL_set0_wbio` present in OpenSSL
-#   HAVE_RAND_EGD: `RAND_egd` present in OpenSSL
 #   HAVE_AWSLC: OpenSSL is AWS-LC
 #   HAVE_BORINGSSL: OpenSSL is BoringSSL
 #   HAVE_SSL_CTX_SET_QUIC_METHOD: `SSL_CTX_set_quic_method` present in OpenSSL/wolfSSL
@@ -598,9 +597,6 @@ if(USE_OPENSSL OR USE_WOLFSSL)
   if(NOT DEFINED HAVE_SSL_SET0_WBIO)
     openssl_check_symbol_exists(SSL_set0_wbio "openssl/ssl.h" HAVE_SSL_SET0_WBIO)
   endif()
-  if(NOT DEFINED HAVE_RAND_EGD)
-    openssl_check_symbol_exists(RAND_egd "${CURL_INCLUDES}" HAVE_RAND_EGD)
-  endif()
 endif()
 
 option(USE_NGHTTP2 "Use Nghttp2 library" OFF)
diff --git a/lib/config-amigaos.h b/lib/config-amigaos.h
index 11f36a121a..a6a518abb3 100644
--- a/lib/config-amigaos.h
+++ b/lib/config-amigaos.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #define HAVE_NETINET_IN_H 1
 #define HAVE_NET_IF_H 1
 #define HAVE_PWD_H 1
-#define HAVE_RAND_EGD 1
 #define HAVE_SELECT 1
 #define HAVE_SETJMP_H 1
 #define HAVE_SIGNAL 1
diff --git a/lib/config-mac.h b/lib/config-mac.h
index 8bd2fbd09c..ff6fdb25ae 100644
--- a/lib/config-mac.h
+++ b/lib/config-mac.h
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@
 
 #define CURL_DISABLE_LDAP       1
 
-#define HAVE_RAND_EGD           1
-
 #define HAVE_IOCTL_FIONBIO      1
 
 #define SIZEOF_INT              4
diff --git a/lib/config-os400.h b/lib/config-os400.h
index 8d48955eef..db8e9082e2 100644
--- a/lib/config-os400.h
+++ b/lib/config-os400.h
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@
 /* Define this as a suitable file to read random data from */
 #undef RANDOM_FILE
 
-/* Define this to your Entropy Gathering Daemon socket pathname */
-#undef EGD_SOCKET
-
 /* Define to 1 if you have the alarm function. */
 #define HAVE_ALARM 1
 
@@ -143,9 +140,6 @@
 /* Define if you have the <pwd.h> header file. */
 #define HAVE_PWD_H
 
-/* Define if you have the `RAND_egd' function. */
-#undef HAVE_RAND_EGD
-
 /* Define if you have the `select' function. */
 #define HAVE_SELECT
 
diff --git a/lib/config-riscos.h b/lib/config-riscos.h
index 246473194e..a9268e1e90 100644
--- a/lib/config-riscos.h
+++ b/lib/config-riscos.h
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@
 /* Define this as a suitable file to read random data from */
 #undef RANDOM_FILE
 
-/* Define this to your Entropy Gathering Daemon socket pathname */
-#undef EGD_SOCKET
-
 /* Define if you want to enable IPv6 support */
 #undef ENABLE_IPV6
 
@@ -135,9 +132,6 @@
 /* Define if you have the <pwd.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_PWD_H
 
-/* Define if you have the `RAND_egd' function. */
-#undef HAVE_RAND_EGD
-
 /* Define if you have the `select' function. */
 #define HAVE_SELECT
 
diff --git a/lib/curl_config.h.cmake b/lib/curl_config.h.cmake
index 30bb0e458f..cdc59333cd 100644
--- a/lib/curl_config.h.cmake
+++ b/lib/curl_config.h.cmake
@@ -135,9 +135,6 @@
 /* Use Windows LDAP implementation */
 #cmakedefine USE_WIN32_LDAP 1
 
-/* your Entropy Gathering Daemon socket pathname */
-#cmakedefine EGD_SOCKET ${EGD_SOCKET}
-
 /* Define if you want to enable IPv6 support */
 #cmakedefine ENABLE_IPV6 1
 
@@ -400,9 +397,6 @@
 /* Define to 1 if OpenSSL has the `SSL_set0_wbio` function. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_SSL_SET0_WBIO 1
 
-/* Define to 1 if you have the `RAND_egd' function. */
-#cmakedefine HAVE_RAND_EGD 1
-
 /* Define to 1 if you have the recv function. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_RECV 1
 
diff --git a/lib/setup-vms.h b/lib/setup-vms.h
index 46657b2cd4..645cc1a9cd 100644
--- a/lib/setup-vms.h
+++ b/lib/setup-vms.h
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ static struct passwd *vms_getpwuid(uid_t uid)
 #define PKCS12_parse PKCS12_PARSE
 #define RAND_add RAND_ADD
 #define RAND_bytes RAND_BYTES
-#define RAND_egd RAND_EGD
 #define RAND_file_name RAND_FILE_NAME
 #define RAND_load_file RAND_LOAD_FILE
 #define RAND_status RAND_STATUS
diff --git a/lib/vtls/openssl.c b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
index 51f7b26f85..fa8938abc4 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/openssl.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
@@ -996,20 +996,6 @@ static CURLcode ossl_seed(struct Curl_easy *data)
     return CURLE_OK;
 #endif
 
-#if defined(HAVE_RAND_EGD) && defined(EGD_SOCKET)
-  /* available in OpenSSL 0.9.5 and later */
-  /* EGD_SOCKET is set at configure time or not at all */
-  {
-    /* If there's an option and a define, the option overrides the
-       define */
-    int ret = RAND_egd(EGD_SOCKET);
-    if(-1 != ret) {
-      if(rand_enough())
-        return CURLE_OK;
-    }
-  }
-#endif
-
   /* fallback to a custom seeding of the PRNG using a hash based on a current
      time */
   do {
diff --git a/m4/curl-openssl.m4 b/m4/curl-openssl.m4
index b3a63225a7..3cbbb5e8dd 100644
--- a/m4/curl-openssl.m4
+++ b/m4/curl-openssl.m4
@@ -259,8 +259,6 @@ if test "x$OPT_OPENSSL" != xno; then
   if test X"$OPENSSL_ENABLED" = X"1"; then
     dnl These can only exist if OpenSSL exists
 
-    AC_CHECK_FUNCS( RAND_egd )
-
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([for BoringSSL])
     AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([
         AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
@@ -363,16 +361,6 @@ dnl Check for the random seed preferences
 dnl **********************************************************************
 
 if test X"$OPENSSL_ENABLED" = X"1"; then
-  AC_ARG_WITH(egd-socket,
-  AS_HELP_STRING([--with-egd-socket=FILE],
-                 [Entropy Gathering Daemon socket pathname]),
-      [ EGD_SOCKET="$withval" ]
-  )
-  if test -n "$EGD_SOCKET" ; then
-          AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(EGD_SOCKET, "$EGD_SOCKET",
-          [your Entropy Gathering Daemon socket pathname] )
-  fi
-
   dnl Check for user-specified random device
   AC_ARG_WITH(random,
   AS_HELP_STRING([--with-random=FILE],
diff --git a/packages/vms/gnv_conftest.c_first b/packages/vms/gnv_conftest.c_first
index 5b56608616..317b1abfc7 100644
--- a/packages/vms/gnv_conftest.c_first
+++ b/packages/vms/gnv_conftest.c_first
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ char SSL_connect(void) {return 0;}
 char ENGINE_init(void) {return 0;}
 char RAND_status(void) {return 0;}
 /* char RAND_screen(void) {return 0;} In headers, but not present */
-char RAND_egd(void) {return 0;}
 char CRYPTO_cleanup_all_ex_data(void) {return 0;}
 char SSL_get_shutdown(void) {return 0;}
 char ENGINE_load_builtin_engines (void) {return 0;}
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ char ENGINE_load_builtin_engines (void) {return 0;}
 #define ENGINE_init ENGINE_INIT
 #define RAND_status RAND_STATUS
 /* #define RAND_screen RAND_SCREEN */
-#define RAND_egd RAND_EGD
 #define CRYPTO_cleanup_all_ex_data CRYPTO_CLEANUP_ALL_EX_DATA
 #define SSL_get_shutdown SSL_GET_SHUTDOWN
 #define ENGINE_load_builtin_engines ENGINE_LOAD_BUILTIN_ENGINES
diff --git a/scripts/ciconfig.pl b/scripts/ciconfig.pl
index a3ac4f6c9c..7c31f8e4a0 100755
--- a/scripts/ciconfig.pl
+++ b/scripts/ciconfig.pl
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ my %defaulton = (
     'zstd' => 1,
     'brotli' => 1,
     'random' => 1,
-    'egd-socket' => 1,
     'ca-bundle' => 1,
     'ca-path' => 1,
     'libssh2' => 1,