diff --git a/libretroshare/src/gxs/gxssecurity.cc b/libretroshare/src/gxs/gxssecurity.cc
index a1de27d89..eb5f38219 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/gxs/gxssecurity.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/gxs/gxssecurity.cc
@@ -243,7 +243,10 @@ bool GxsSecurity::checkPublicKey(const RsTlvPublicRSAKey &key)
 bool GxsSecurity::generateKeyPair(RsTlvPublicRSAKey& public_key,RsTlvPrivateRSAKey& private_key)
 {
 	// admin keys
-    RSA *rsa     = RSA_generate_key(2048, 65537, NULL, NULL);
+	BIGNUM *ebn = BN_new();
+	BN_set_word(ebn, 65537);
+	RSA *rsa     = RSA_new();
+	RSA_generate_key_ex(rsa, 2048, ebn, NULL);
     RSA *rsa_pub = RSAPublicKey_dup(rsa);
     
     public_key.keyFlags = RSTLV_KEY_TYPE_PUBLIC_ONLY ;
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/pqi/sslfns.cc b/libretroshare/src/pqi/sslfns.cc
index 9e5813b75..07ec804a2 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/pqi/sslfns.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/pqi/sslfns.cc
@@ -105,11 +105,15 @@ X509_REQ *GenerateX509Req(
 		    fprintf(stderr,"GenerateX509Req: reverting to %d\n", nbits);
 	    }
 
-	    rsa = RSA_generate_key(nbits, e, NULL, NULL);
 
+		rsa = RSA_new();
 	    if ((rsa == NULL) || !EVP_PKEY_assign_RSA(pkey, rsa))
 		    throw std::runtime_error("Couldn't generate RSA Key");
 
+		BIGNUM *ebn = BN_new();
+		BN_set_word(ebn, e);
+		RSA_generate_key_ex(rsa, nbits, ebn, NULL);
+
 	    // open the file.
 	    FILE *out;
 	    if (NULL == (out = RsDirUtil::rs_fopen(pkey_file.c_str(), "w")))