diff --git a/releases/portage/isos-qemu/package.mask/releng/openssl b/releases/portage/isos-qemu/package.mask/releng/openssl
deleted file mode 100644
index c97d1ab4..00000000
--- a/releases/portage/isos-qemu/package.mask/releng/openssl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# this version barfs on lots of minor arches, let's not try
-# to update to it
-=dev-libs/openssl-3.0.7-r1
diff --git a/releases/portage/isos/package.mask/releng/openssl b/releases/portage/isos/package.mask/releng/openssl
deleted file mode 100644
index c97d1ab4..00000000
--- a/releases/portage/isos/package.mask/releng/openssl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# this version barfs on lots of minor arches, let's not try
-# to update to it
-=dev-libs/openssl-3.0.7-r1
diff --git a/releases/portage/livegui/package.mask/releng/openssl b/releases/portage/livegui/package.mask/releng/openssl
deleted file mode 100644
index c97d1ab4..00000000
--- a/releases/portage/livegui/package.mask/releng/openssl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# this version barfs on lots of minor arches, let's not try
-# to update to it
-=dev-libs/openssl-3.0.7-r1
diff --git a/releases/portage/stages-qemu/package.mask/releng/openssl b/releases/portage/stages-qemu/package.mask/releng/openssl
deleted file mode 100644
index 82504a4a..00000000
--- a/releases/portage/stages-qemu/package.mask/releng/openssl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# this version barfs on lots of minor arches, let's not try
-# to update to it
-=dev-libs/openssl-3.0.7-r1
-=dev-libs/openssl-3.2.1*
diff --git a/releases/portage/stages/package.mask/releng/openssl b/releases/portage/stages/package.mask/releng/openssl
deleted file mode 100644
index 82504a4a..00000000
--- a/releases/portage/stages/package.mask/releng/openssl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# this version barfs on lots of minor arches, let's not try
-# to update to it
-=dev-libs/openssl-3.0.7-r1
-=dev-libs/openssl-3.2.1*