diff --git a/crypto/openssl_common.go b/crypto/openssl_common.go
index 06c458a..164ade8 100644
--- a/crypto/openssl_common.go
+++ b/crypto/openssl_common.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	pb "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core/crypto/pb"
 
-	openssl "github.com/spacemonkeygo/openssl"
+	openssl "github.com/libp2p/go-openssl"
 )
 
 // define these as separate types so we can add more key types later and reuse
@@ -63,15 +63,21 @@ func (pk *opensslPublicKey) Raw() ([]byte, error) {
 
 // Equals checks whether this key is equal to another
 func (pk *opensslPublicKey) Equals(k Key) bool {
-	a, err := pk.Raw()
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
+	k0, ok := k.(*RsaPublicKey)
+	if !ok {
+		a, err := pk.Raw()
+		if err != nil {
+			return false
+		}
+		b, err := k.Raw()
+		if err != nil {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		return bytes.Equal(a, b)
 	}
-	b, err := k.Raw()
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	return bytes.Equal(a, b)
+
+	return pk.key.Equal(k0.opensslPublicKey.key)
 }
 
 // Sign returns a signature of the input data
@@ -104,13 +110,19 @@ func (sk *opensslPrivateKey) Raw() ([]byte, error) {
 
 // Equals checks whether this key is equal to another
 func (sk *opensslPrivateKey) Equals(k Key) bool {
-	a, err := sk.Raw()
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
+	k0, ok := k.(*RsaPrivateKey)
+	if !ok {
+		a, err := sk.Raw()
+		if err != nil {
+			return false
+		}
+		b, err := k.Raw()
+		if err != nil {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		return bytes.Equal(a, b)
 	}
-	b, err := k.Raw()
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	return bytes.Equal(a, b)
+
+	return sk.key.Equal(k0.opensslPrivateKey.key)
 }
diff --git a/crypto/rsa_openssl.go b/crypto/rsa_openssl.go
index 913dead..fd9d451 100644
--- a/crypto/rsa_openssl.go
+++ b/crypto/rsa_openssl.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"io"
 
-	openssl "github.com/spacemonkeygo/openssl"
+	openssl "github.com/libp2p/go-openssl"
 )
 
 // RsaPrivateKey is an rsa private key
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e875b67..ff1b4ca 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/jbenet/goprocess v0.1.3
 	github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.0.1
 	github.com/libp2p/go-msgio v0.0.4
+	github.com/libp2p/go-openssl v0.0.1
 	github.com/minio/sha256-simd v0.1.0
 	github.com/mr-tron/base58 v1.1.2
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.0.4
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.0.5
 	github.com/smola/gocompat v0.2.0
-	github.com/spacemonkeygo/openssl v0.0.0-20181017203307-c2dcc5cca94a
 	go.opencensus.io v0.21.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190618222545-ea8f1a30c443
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1a08908..e63e210 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -68,13 +68,14 @@ github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.0.1 h1:0gxuFd2GuK7IIP5pKljLwps6TvcuYgvG7Atq
 github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.0.1/go.mod h1:Iv1GH0sG8DtYN3SVJ2eG221wMiNpZxBdp967ls1g+k8=
 github.com/libp2p/go-msgio v0.0.4 h1:agEFehY3zWJFUHK6SEMR7UYmk2z6kC3oeCM7ybLhguA=
 github.com/libp2p/go-msgio v0.0.4/go.mod h1:63lBBgOTDKQL6EWazRMCwXsEeEeK9O2Cd+0+6OOuipQ=
+github.com/libp2p/go-msgio v0.0.4 h1:agEFehY3zWJFUHK6SEMR7UYmk2z6kC3oeCM7ybLhguA=
+github.com/libp2p/go-msgio v0.0.4/go.mod h1:63lBBgOTDKQL6EWazRMCwXsEeEeK9O2Cd+0+6OOuipQ=
+github.com/libp2p/go-openssl v0.0.1 h1:hOIo7l0lXir9UzQE2zPxwd/Gdts1LFik0nqhbDZrG8U=
+github.com/libp2p/go-openssl v0.0.1/go.mod h1:v8Zw2ijCSWBQi8Pq5GAixw6DbFfa9u6VIYDXnvOXkc0=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.0.0-20180823135443-60711f1a8329 h1:2gxZ0XQIU/5z3Z3bUBu+FXuk2pFbkN6tcwi/pjyaDic=
 github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.0.0-20180823135443-60711f1a8329/go.mod h1:C1wdFJiN94OJF2b5HbByQZoLdCWB1Yqtg26g4irojpc=
-github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9 h1:UVL0vNpWh04HeJXV0KLcaT7r06gOH2l4OW6ddYRUIY4=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9/go.mod h1:9vuHe8Xs5qXnSaW/c/ABM9alt+Vo+STaOChaDxuIBZU=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.4 h1:bnP0vzxcAdeI1zdubAl5PjU6zsERjGZb7raWodagDYs=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.4/go.mod h1:M+lRXTBqGeGNdLjl/ufCoiOlB5xdOkqRJdNxMWT7Zi4=
-github.com/mgutz/ansi v0.0.0-20170206155736-9520e82c474b h1:j7+1HpAFS1zy5+Q4qx1fWh90gTKwiN4QCGoY9TWyyO4=
 github.com/mgutz/ansi v0.0.0-20170206155736-9520e82c474b/go.mod h1:01TrycV0kFyexm33Z7vhZRXopbI8J3TDReVlkTgMUxE=
 github.com/minio/blake2b-simd v0.0.0-20160723061019-3f5f724cb5b1 h1:lYpkrQH5ajf0OXOcUbGjvZxxijuBwbbmlSxLiuofa+g=
 github.com/minio/blake2b-simd v0.0.0-20160723061019-3f5f724cb5b1/go.mod h1:pD8RvIylQ358TN4wwqatJ8rNavkEINozVn9DtGI3dfQ=
@@ -102,12 +103,9 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.7.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+W
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.4.3/go.mod h1:ex+gbHU/CVuBBDIJjb2X0qEXbFg53c61hWP/1CpauHY=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.2.0 h1:juTguoYk5qI21pwyTXY3B3Y5cOTH3ZUyZCg1v/mihuo=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.2.0/go.mod h1:LxeOpSwHxABJmUn/MG1IvRgCAasNZTLOkJPxbbu5VWo=
 github.com/smola/gocompat v0.2.0 h1:6b1oIMlUXIpz//VKEDzPVBK8KG7beVwmHIUEBIs/Pns=
 github.com/smola/gocompat v0.2.0/go.mod h1:1B0MlxbmoZNo3h8guHp8HztB3BSYR5itql9qtVc0ypY=
-github.com/spacemonkeygo/openssl v0.0.0-20181017203307-c2dcc5cca94a h1:/eS3yfGjQKG+9kayBkj0ip1BGhq6zJ3eaVksphxAaek=
-github.com/spacemonkeygo/openssl v0.0.0-20181017203307-c2dcc5cca94a/go.mod h1:7AyxJNCJ7SBZ1MfVQCWD6Uqo2oubI2Eq2y2eqf+A5r0=
 github.com/spacemonkeygo/spacelog v0.0.0-20180420211403-2296661a0572 h1:RC6RW7j+1+HkWaX/Yh71Ee5ZHaHYt7ZP4sQgUrm6cDU=
 github.com/spacemonkeygo/spacelog v0.0.0-20180420211403-2296661a0572/go.mod h1:w0SWMsp6j9O/dk4/ZpIhL+3CkG8ofA2vuv7k+ltqUMc=
 github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v1.1.0 h1:7c1g84S4BPRrfL5Xrdp6fOJ206sU9y293DDHaoy0bLI=
@@ -154,6 +152,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190219092855-153ac476189d h1:Z0Ahzd7HltpJtjAHHxX8QFP3j
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190219092855-153ac476189d/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d h1:+R4KGOnez64A81RvjARKc4UT5/tI9ujCIVX+P5KiHuI=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190626221950-04f50cda93cb h1:fgwFCsaw9buMuxNd6+DQfAuSFqbNiQZpcgJQAgJsK6k=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190626221950-04f50cda93cb/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180221164845-07fd8470d635 h1:2eB4G6bDQDeP69ZXbOKC00S2Kf6TIiRS+DzfKsKeQU0=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180221164845-07fd8470d635/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=