diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/default.nix
index f5a8188334ce..3cf59928ca90 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv
 , lib
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchurl
 , cmake
 , pkg-config
 , openssl
@@ -45,6 +46,14 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # fix build with openssl 3.0
+    (fetchurl {
+      url = "https://salsa.debian.org/debian/transmission/-/raw/debian/3.00-2.1/debian/patches/openssl3-compat.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-v+SDTW/lCtc8B3TuhQB1pmjW/QRAGLtYncaImNNwpes=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   outputs = [ "out" "apparmor" ];
 
   cmakeFlags =
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 29ec62363efb..08b000f36d71 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -32100,9 +32100,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   transcribe = callPackage ../applications/audio/transcribe { };
 
-  transmission = callPackage ../applications/networking/p2p/transmission {
-    openssl = openssl_1_1;
-  };
+  transmission = callPackage ../applications/networking/p2p/transmission { };
   libtransmission = transmission.override {
     installLib = true;
     enableDaemon = false;