diff --git a/offlineimap/imaplibutil.py b/offlineimap/imaplibutil.py
index a60242b..c4d577d 100644
--- a/offlineimap/imaplibutil.py
+++ b/offlineimap/imaplibutil.py
@@ -108,14 +108,6 @@ def new_mesg(self, s, secs=None):
             tm = time.strftime('%M:%S', time.localtime(secs))
             UIBase.getglobalui().debug('imap', '  %s.%02d %s' % (tm, (secs*100)%100, s))
 
-class WrappedIMAP4_SSL(IMAP4_SSL):
-    def open(self, host = '', port = IMAP4_SSL_PORT):
-        IMAP4_SSL.open(self, host, port)
-        self.sslobj = sslwrapper(self.sslobj)
-
-    def readline(self):
-        return self.sslobj.readline()
-
 def new_open(self, host = '', port = IMAP4_PORT):
         """Setup connection to remote server on "host:port"
             (default: localhost:standard IMAP4 port).
diff --git a/offlineimap/imapserver.py b/offlineimap/imapserver.py
index 74f1a27..cea944f 100644
--- a/offlineimap/imapserver.py
+++ b/offlineimap/imapserver.py
@@ -80,9 +80,7 @@ class UsefulIMAP4(UsefulIMAPMixIn, imaplib.IMAP4):
         else:
             return imaplib.IMAP4.read (self, size)
 
-class UsefulIMAP4_SSL(UsefulIMAPMixIn, imaplibutil.WrappedIMAP4_SSL):
-    def open(self, host = '', port = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL_PORT):
-        imaplibutil.new_open_ssl(self, host, port)
+class UsefulIMAP4_SSL(UsefulIMAPMixIn, imaplib.IMAP4_SSL):
 
     # This is the same hack as above, to be used in the case of an SSL
     # connexion.
@@ -97,7 +95,7 @@ class UsefulIMAP4_SSL(UsefulIMAPMixIn, imaplibutil.WrappedIMAP4_SSL):
                 io.write(data)
             return io.getvalue()
         else:
-            return imaplibutil.WrappedIMAP4_SSL.read (self,size)
+            return imaplib.IMAP4_SSL.read(self,size)
 
 class UsefulIMAP4_Tunnel(UsefulIMAPMixIn, imaplibutil.IMAP4_Tunnel): pass