diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 53f812a..74e3609 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -153,21 +153,6 @@ ENV XDG_CACHE_HOME ${HOME}/.cache
 ENV STARSHIP_CONFIG ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/starship/config.toml
 ENV PATH ${LOCAL_BIN_HOME}:$PATH
 
-# NOTE (jpd): the section below exists mainly to handle a project running elixir 1.11.
-# It allows the usage of openssl 1.1 and a compatible elixir-ls.
-
-# configure openssl 1.1
-# this is needed to compile older erlang versions
-# example: KERL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="-with-ssl=$HOME/.local/lib/ssl" mise install
-RUN mkdir -p ${HOME}/.local/src \
-  && cd ${HOME}/.local/src \
-  && curl -L https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.1.1m.tar.gz | tar -xz \
-  && cd openssl-1.1.1m \
-  && ./config --prefix=${HOME}/.local/lib/ssl --openssldir=${HOME}/.local/lib/ssl shared zlib \
-  && make \
-  # && make test \
-  && make install
-
 # fetch elixir-ls to install custom releases
 RUN git clone https://github.com/elixir-lsp/elixir-ls.git ${LOCAL_SRC_HOME}/elixir-ls