diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index e01ff69303..421b358909 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,17 +73,20 @@ if (NOT LIBZIP_FOUND)
 endif()
 
 if (ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE)
-    # LibreSSL
-    set(LIBRESSL_SKIP_INSTALL ON CACHE BOOL "")
-    add_subdirectory(libressl EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-    target_include_directories(ssl INTERFACE ./libressl/include)
-    target_compile_definitions(ssl PRIVATE -DHAVE_INET_NTOP)
-    get_directory_property(OPENSSL_LIBRARIES
-        DIRECTORY libressl
-        DEFINITION OPENSSL_LIBS)
-
-    # lurlparser
-    add_subdirectory(lurlparser EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+    find_package(OpenSSL 1.1)
+    if (OPENSSL_FOUND)
+        set(OPENSSL_LIBRARIES OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
+    else()
+        # LibreSSL
+        set(LIBRESSL_SKIP_INSTALL ON CACHE BOOL "")
+        set(OPENSSLDIR "/etc/ssl/")
+        add_subdirectory(libressl EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+        target_include_directories(ssl INTERFACE ./libressl/include)
+        target_compile_definitions(ssl PRIVATE -DHAVE_INET_NTOP)
+        get_directory_property(OPENSSL_LIBRARIES
+            DIRECTORY libressl
+            DEFINITION OPENSSL_LIBS)
+    endif()
 
     # httplib
     add_library(httplib INTERFACE)
diff --git a/externals/libressl b/externals/libressl
index 7d01cb01cb..8289d0d07d 160000
--- a/externals/libressl
+++ b/externals/libressl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7d01cb01cb1a926ecb4c9c98b107ef3c26f59dfb
+Subproject commit 8289d0d07de6553bf4b900bf60e808ea3f7f59da
diff --git a/externals/lurlparser/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/lurlparser/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 45046ffd36..0000000000
--- a/externals/lurlparser/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-add_library(lurlparser
-        LUrlParser.cpp
-        LUrlParser.h
-)
-
-create_target_directory_groups(lurlparser)
-
-target_include_directories(lurlparser INTERFACE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
diff --git a/externals/lurlparser/LUrlParser.cpp b/externals/lurlparser/LUrlParser.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c134e3303..0000000000
--- a/externals/lurlparser/LUrlParser.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,265 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Lightweight URL & URI parser (RFC 1738, RFC 3986)
- * https://github.com/corporateshark/LUrlParser
- *
- * The MIT License (MIT)
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2015 Sergey Kosarevsky (sk@linderdaum.com)
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
- * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
- * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
- * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
- * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
- * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
- * SOFTWARE.
- */
-
-#include "LUrlParser.h"
-
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <cstring>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-// check if the scheme name is valid
-static bool IsSchemeValid( const std::string& SchemeName )
-{
-    for ( auto c : SchemeName  )
-    {
-        if ( !isalpha( c ) && c != '+' && c != '-' && c != '.' ) return false;
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-bool LUrlParser::clParseURL::GetPort( int* OutPort ) const
-{
-    if ( !IsValid() ) { return false; }
-
-    int Port = atoi( m_Port.c_str() );
-
-    if ( Port <= 0 || Port > 65535 ) { return false; }
-
-    if ( OutPort ) { *OutPort = Port; }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-// based on RFC 1738 and RFC 3986
-LUrlParser::clParseURL LUrlParser::clParseURL::ParseURL( const std::string& URL )
-{
-    LUrlParser::clParseURL Result;
-
-    const char* CurrentString = URL.c_str();
-
-    /*
-     *	<scheme>:<scheme-specific-part>
-     *	<scheme> := [a-z\+\-\.]+
-     *	For resiliency, programs interpreting URLs should treat upper case letters as equivalent to lower case in scheme names
-     */
-
-    // try to read scheme
-    {
-        const char* LocalString = strchr( CurrentString, ':' );
-
-        if ( !LocalString )
-        {
-            return clParseURL( LUrlParserError_NoUrlCharacter );
-        }
-
-        // save the scheme name
-        Result.m_Scheme = std::string( CurrentString, LocalString - CurrentString );
-
-        if ( !IsSchemeValid( Result.m_Scheme ) )
-        {
-            return clParseURL( LUrlParserError_InvalidSchemeName );
-        }
-
-        // scheme should be lowercase
-        std::transform( Result.m_Scheme.begin(), Result.m_Scheme.end(), Result.m_Scheme.begin(), ::tolower );
-
-        // skip ':'
-        CurrentString = LocalString+1;
-    }
-
-    /*
-     *	//<user>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<url-path>
-     *	any ":", "@" and "/" must be normalized
-     */
-
-    // skip "//"
-    if ( *CurrentString++ != '/' ) return clParseURL( LUrlParserError_NoDoubleSlash );
-    if ( *CurrentString++ != '/' ) return clParseURL( LUrlParserError_NoDoubleSlash );
-
-    // check if the user name and password are specified
-    bool bHasUserName = false;
-
-    const char* LocalString = CurrentString;
-
-    while ( *LocalString )
-    {
-        if ( *LocalString == '@' )
-        {
-            // user name and password are specified
-            bHasUserName = true;
-            break;
-        }
-        else if ( *LocalString == '/' )
-        {
-            // end of <host>:<port> specification
-            bHasUserName = false;
-            break;
-        }
-
-        LocalString++;
-    }
-
-    // user name and password
-    LocalString = CurrentString;
-
-    if ( bHasUserName )
-    {
-        // read user name
-        while ( *LocalString && *LocalString != ':' && *LocalString != '@' ) LocalString++;
-
-        Result.m_UserName = std::string( CurrentString, LocalString - CurrentString );
-
-        // proceed with the current pointer
-        CurrentString = LocalString;
-
-        if ( *CurrentString == ':' )
-        {
-            // skip ':'
-            CurrentString++;
-
-            // read password
-            LocalString = CurrentString;
-
-            while ( *LocalString && *LocalString != '@' ) LocalString++;
-
-            Result.m_Password = std::string( CurrentString, LocalString - CurrentString );
-
-            CurrentString = LocalString;
-        }
-
-        // skip '@'
-        if ( *CurrentString != '@' )
-        {
-            return clParseURL( LUrlParserError_NoAtSign );
-        }
-
-        CurrentString++;
-    }
-
-    bool bHasBracket = ( *CurrentString == '[' );
-
-    // go ahead, read the host name
-    LocalString = CurrentString;
-
-    while ( *LocalString )
-    {
-        if ( bHasBracket && *LocalString == ']' )
-        {
-            // end of IPv6 address
-            LocalString++;
-            break;
-        }
-        else if ( !bHasBracket && ( *LocalString == ':' || *LocalString == '/' ) )
-        {
-            // port number is specified
-            break;
-        }
-
-        LocalString++;
-    }
-
-    Result.m_Host = std::string( CurrentString, LocalString - CurrentString );
-
-    CurrentString = LocalString;
-
-    // is port number specified?
-    if ( *CurrentString == ':' )
-    {
-        CurrentString++;
-
-        // read port number
-        LocalString = CurrentString;
-
-        while ( *LocalString && *LocalString != '/' ) LocalString++;
-
-        Result.m_Port = std::string( CurrentString, LocalString - CurrentString );
-
-        CurrentString = LocalString;
-    }
-
-    // end of string
-    if ( !*CurrentString )
-    {
-        Result.m_ErrorCode = LUrlParserError_Ok;
-
-        return Result;
-    }
-
-    // skip '/'
-    if ( *CurrentString != '/' )
-    {
-        return clParseURL( LUrlParserError_NoSlash );
-    }
-
-    CurrentString++;
-
-    // parse the path
-    LocalString = CurrentString;
-
-    while ( *LocalString && *LocalString != '#' && *LocalString != '?' ) LocalString++;
-
-    Result.m_Path = std::string( CurrentString, LocalString - CurrentString );
-
-    CurrentString = LocalString;
-
-    // check for query
-    if ( *CurrentString == '?' )
-    {
-        // skip '?'
-        CurrentString++;
-
-        // read query
-        LocalString = CurrentString;
-
-        while ( *LocalString && *LocalString != '#' ) LocalString++;
-
-        Result.m_Query = std::string( CurrentString, LocalString - CurrentString );
-
-        CurrentString = LocalString;
-    }
-
-    // check for fragment
-    if ( *CurrentString == '#' )
-    {
-        // skip '#'
-        CurrentString++;
-
-        // read fragment
-        LocalString = CurrentString;
-
-        while ( *LocalString ) LocalString++;
-
-        Result.m_Fragment = std::string( CurrentString, LocalString - CurrentString );
-
-        CurrentString = LocalString;
-    }
-
-    Result.m_ErrorCode = LUrlParserError_Ok;
-
-    return Result;
-}
diff --git a/externals/lurlparser/LUrlParser.h b/externals/lurlparser/LUrlParser.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 25d2109811..0000000000
--- a/externals/lurlparser/LUrlParser.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Lightweight URL & URI parser (RFC 1738, RFC 3986)
- * https://github.com/corporateshark/LUrlParser
- *
- * The MIT License (MIT)
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2015 Sergey Kosarevsky (sk@linderdaum.com)
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
- * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
- * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
- * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
- * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
- * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
- * SOFTWARE.
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include <string>
-
-namespace LUrlParser
-{
-enum LUrlParserError
-{
-    LUrlParserError_Ok = 0,
-    LUrlParserError_Uninitialized = 1,
-    LUrlParserError_NoUrlCharacter = 2,
-    LUrlParserError_InvalidSchemeName = 3,
-    LUrlParserError_NoDoubleSlash = 4,
-    LUrlParserError_NoAtSign = 5,
-    LUrlParserError_UnexpectedEndOfLine = 6,
-    LUrlParserError_NoSlash = 7,
-};
-
-class clParseURL
-{
-public:
-    LUrlParserError m_ErrorCode;
-    std::string m_Scheme;
-    std::string m_Host;
-    std::string m_Port;
-    std::string m_Path;
-    std::string m_Query;
-    std::string m_Fragment;
-    std::string m_UserName;
-    std::string m_Password;
-
-    clParseURL()
-            : m_ErrorCode( LUrlParserError_Uninitialized )
-    {}
-
-    /// return 'true' if the parsing was successful
-    bool IsValid() const { return m_ErrorCode == LUrlParserError_Ok; }
-
-    /// helper to convert the port number to int, return 'true' if the port is valid (within the 0..65535 range)
-    bool GetPort( int* OutPort ) const;
-
-    /// parse the URL
-    static clParseURL ParseURL( const std::string& URL );
-
-private:
-    explicit clParseURL( LUrlParserError ErrorCode )
-            : m_ErrorCode( ErrorCode )
-    {}
-};
-
-} // namespace LUrlParser
diff --git a/externals/lurlparser/README.md b/externals/lurlparser/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index be7f0135a8..0000000000
--- a/externals/lurlparser/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-From https://github.com/corporateshark/LUrlParser/commit/455d5e2d27e3946f11ad0328fee9ee2628e6a8e2
-
-MIT License
-
-===
-
-Lightweight URL & URI parser (RFC 1738, RFC 3986)
-
-(C) Sergey Kosarevsky, 2015
-
-@corporateshark sk@linderdaum.com
-
-http://www.linderdaum.com
-
-http://blog.linderdaum.com
-
-=============================
-
-A tiny and lightweight URL & URI parser (RFC 1738, RFC 3986) written in C++.
diff --git a/src/web_service/CMakeLists.txt b/src/web_service/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e484b9064..ae85a72ea0 100644
--- a/src/web_service/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/web_service/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ add_library(web_service STATIC
 )
 
 create_target_directory_groups(web_service)
-target_link_libraries(web_service PRIVATE common nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json httplib lurlparser)
+target_link_libraries(web_service PRIVATE common nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json httplib)
diff --git a/src/web_service/web_backend.cpp b/src/web_service/web_backend.cpp
index 534960d099..c56cd7c71f 100644
--- a/src/web_service/web_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/web_service/web_backend.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include <mutex>
 #include <string>
 
-#include <LUrlParser.h>
 #include <fmt/format.h>
 #include <httplib.h>
 
@@ -19,9 +18,6 @@ namespace WebService {
 
 constexpr std::array<const char, 1> API_VERSION{'1'};
 
-constexpr int HTTP_PORT = 80;
-constexpr int HTTPS_PORT = 443;
-
 constexpr std::size_t TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 30;
 
 struct Client::Impl {
@@ -67,21 +63,7 @@ struct Client::Impl {
                              const std::string& jwt = "", const std::string& username = "",
                              const std::string& token = "") {
         if (cli == nullptr) {
-            const auto parsedUrl = LUrlParser::clParseURL::ParseURL(host);
-            int port{};
-            if (parsedUrl.m_Scheme == "http") {
-                if (!parsedUrl.GetPort(&port)) {
-                    port = HTTP_PORT;
-                }
-            } else if (parsedUrl.m_Scheme == "https") {
-                if (!parsedUrl.GetPort(&port)) {
-                    port = HTTPS_PORT;
-                }
-            } else {
-                LOG_ERROR(WebService, "Bad URL scheme {}", parsedUrl.m_Scheme);
-                return WebResult{WebResult::Code::InvalidURL, "Bad URL scheme", ""};
-            }
-            cli = std::make_unique<httplib::Client>(parsedUrl.m_Host.c_str(), port);
+            cli = std::make_unique<httplib::Client>(host.c_str());
         }
         cli->set_connection_timeout(TIMEOUT_SECONDS);
         cli->set_read_timeout(TIMEOUT_SECONDS);