diff --git a/Doc/library/ssl.rst b/Doc/library/ssl.rst
index 0f2c2b89295cdf..5b59a0698e4c42 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ssl.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ssl.rst
@@ -354,9 +354,8 @@ Random generation
 .. function:: RAND_status()
 
    Return ``True`` if the SSL pseudo-random number generator has been seeded
-   with 'enough' randomness, and ``False`` otherwise.  You can use
-   :func:`ssl.RAND_egd` and :func:`ssl.RAND_add` to increase the randomness of
-   the pseudo-random number generator.
+   with 'enough' randomness, and ``False`` otherwise.  Use :func:`ssl.RAND_add`
+   to increase the randomness of the pseudo-random number generator.
 
 .. function:: RAND_add(bytes, entropy, /)
 
diff --git a/Lib/ssl.py b/Lib/ssl.py
index 493ea901d93324..7ad7969a8217f8 100644
--- a/Lib/ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/ssl.py
@@ -110,11 +110,6 @@
     )
 from _ssl import txt2obj as _txt2obj, nid2obj as _nid2obj
 from _ssl import RAND_status, RAND_add, RAND_bytes
-try:
-    from _ssl import RAND_egd
-except ImportError:
-    # RAND_egd is not supported on some platforms
-    pass
 from _ssl import get_sigalgs