diff --git a/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/OpenSsl.java b/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/OpenSsl.java
index 073c855a4a..c5086cc14d 100644
--- a/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/OpenSsl.java
+++ b/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/OpenSsl.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package io.netty.handler.ssl;
 
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufAllocator;
-import io.netty.handler.ssl.util.SelfSignedCertificate;
 import io.netty.internal.tcnative.Buffer;
 import io.netty.internal.tcnative.Library;
 import io.netty.internal.tcnative.SSL;
@@ -31,8 +30,11 @@ import io.netty.util.internal.SystemPropertyUtil;
 import io.netty.util.internal.logging.InternalLogger;
 import io.netty.util.internal.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.security.AccessController;
 import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
+import java.security.cert.CertificateFactory;
+import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
@@ -142,7 +144,6 @@ public final class OpenSsl {
             try {
                 final long sslCtx = SSLContext.make(SSL.SSL_PROTOCOL_ALL, SSL.SSL_MODE_SERVER);
                 long certBio = 0;
-                SelfSignedCertificate cert = null;
                 try {
                     try {
                         SSLContext.setCipherSuite(sslCtx, TLSV13_CIPHERS, true);
@@ -172,8 +173,40 @@ public final class OpenSsl {
                             logger.debug("Hostname Verification not supported.");
                         }
                         try {
-                            cert = new SelfSignedCertificate();
-                            certBio = ReferenceCountedOpenSslContext.toBIO(ByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT, cert.cert());
+                            // Bytes of self-signed certificate for netty.io
+                            byte[] certBytes = {
+                                    48, -126, 1, -92, 48, -126, 1, 13, -96, 3, 2, 1, 2, 2, 9, 0, -9, 61,
+                                    44, 121, -118, -4, -45, -120, 48, 13, 6, 9, 42, -122, 72, -122,
+                                    -9, 13, 1, 1, 5, 5, 0, 48, 19, 49, 17, 48, 15, 6, 3, 85, 4, 3, 19,
+                                    8, 110, 101, 116, 116, 121, 46, 105, 111, 48, 32, 23, 13, 49, 55,
+                                    49, 48, 50, 48, 49, 56, 49, 54, 51, 54, 90, 24, 15, 57, 57, 57, 57,
+                                    49, 50, 51, 49, 50, 51, 53, 57, 53, 57, 90, 48, 19, 49, 17, 48, 15,
+                                    6, 3, 85, 4, 3, 19, 8, 110, 101, 116, 116, 121, 46, 105, 111, 48, -127,
+                                    -97, 48, 13, 6, 9, 42, -122, 72, -122, -9, 13, 1, 1, 1, 5, 0, 3, -127,
+                                    -115, 0, 48, -127, -119, 2, -127, -127, 0, -116, 37, 122, -53, 28, 46,
+                                    13, -90, -14, -33, 111, -108, -41, 59, 90, 124, 113, -112, -66, -17,
+                                    -102, 44, 13, 7, -33, -28, 24, -79, -126, -76, 40, 111, -126, -103,
+                                    -102, 34, 11, 45, 16, -38, 63, 24, 80, 24, 76, 88, -93, 96, 11, 38,
+                                    -19, -64, -11, 87, -49, -52, -65, 24, 36, -22, 53, 8, -42, 14, -121,
+                                    114, 6, 17, -82, 10, 92, -91, -127, 81, -12, -75, 105, -10, -106, 91,
+                                    -38, 111, 50, 57, -97, -125, 109, 42, -87, -1, -19, 80, 78, 49, -97, -4,
+                                    23, -2, -103, 122, -107, -43, 4, -31, -21, 90, 39, -9, -106, 34, -101,
+                                    -116, 31, -94, -84, 80, -6, -78, -33, 87, -90, 31, 103, 100, 56, -103,
+                                    -5, 11, 2, 3, 1, 0, 1, 48, 13, 6, 9, 42, -122, 72, -122, -9, 13, 1, 1,
+                                    5, 5, 0, 3, -127, -127, 0, 112, 45, -73, 5, 64, 49, 59, 101, 51, 73,
+                                    -96, 62, 23, -84, 90, -41, -58, 83, -20, -72, 38, 123, -108, -45, 28,
+                                    96, -122, -18, 30, 42, 86, 87, -87, -28, 107, 110, 11, -59, 91, 100,
+                                    101, -18, 26, -103, -78, -80, -3, 38, 113, 83, -48, -108, 109, 41, -15,
+                                    6, 112, 105, 7, -46, -11, -3, -51, 40, -66, -73, -83, -46, -94, -121,
+                                    -88, 51, -106, -77, 109, 53, -7, 123, 91, 75, -105, -22, 64, 121, -72,
+                                    -59, -21, -44, 84, 12, 9, 120, 21, -26, 13, 49, -81, -58, -47, 117,
+                                    -44, -18, -17, 124, 49, -48, 19, 16, -41, 71, -52, -107, 99, -19, -29,
+                                    105, -93, -71, -38, -97, -128, -2, 118, 119, 49, -126, 109, 119 };
+
+                            CertificateFactory cf = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509");
+                            X509Certificate certificate = (X509Certificate) cf.generateCertificate(
+                                    new ByteArrayInputStream(certBytes));
+                            certBio = ReferenceCountedOpenSslContext.toBIO(ByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT, certificate);
                             SSL.setCertificateChainBio(ssl, certBio, false);
                             supportsKeyManagerFactory = true;
                             try {
@@ -195,9 +228,6 @@ public final class OpenSsl {
                         if (certBio != 0) {
                             SSL.freeBIO(certBio);
                         }
-                        if (cert != null) {
-                            cert.delete();
-                        }
                     }
                 } finally {
                     SSLContext.free(sslCtx);