diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mail/dovecot/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mail/dovecot/default.nix
index 81d858d41b4..9c9121baf0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mail/dovecot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mail/dovecot/default.nix
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       url = "https://github.com/dovecot/core/compare/7bad6a24%5E..a1022072.patch";
       hash = "sha256-aSyRcQreyA9j8QwkODHqPpRuS3vzouVatEWCqhh+r+8=";
     })
+    # fix openssl 3.0 compatibility
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://salsa.debian.org/debian/dovecot/-/raw/debian/1%252.3.19.1+dfsg1-2/debian/patches/Support-openssl-3.0.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-PbBB1jIY3jIC8Js1NY93zkV0gISGUq7Nc67Ul5tN7sw=";
+    })
   ];
 
   configureFlags = [
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 29ec62363ef..04d5df4c7ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23234,9 +23234,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   dodgy = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication dodgy;
 
-  dovecot = callPackage ../servers/mail/dovecot {
-    openssl = openssl_1_1;
-  };
+  dovecot = callPackage ../servers/mail/dovecot { };
   dovecot_pigeonhole = callPackage ../servers/mail/dovecot/plugins/pigeonhole { };
   dovecot_fts_xapian = callPackage ../servers/mail/dovecot/plugins/fts_xapian { };