diff --git a/engine.io.js b/engine.io.js
index f502946d7..f014e335d 100644
--- a/engine.io.js
+++ b/engine.io.js
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ Transport.prototype.onClose = function () {
  * Module dependencies
  */
 
-var XMLHttpRequest = _dereq_('xmlhttprequest');
+var XMLHttpRequest = _dereq_('xmlhttprequest-ssl');
 var XHR = _dereq_('./polling-xhr');
 var JSONP = _dereq_('./polling-jsonp');
 var websocket = _dereq_('./websocket');
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8dfb34411..ec1c22dc2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@
     "parseuri": "0.0.4",
     "parsejson": "0.0.1",
     "parseqs": "0.0.2",
-    "parseuri": "0.0.4",
-    "ws": "0.7.2",
-    "xmlhttprequest": "https://github.com/rase-/node-XMLHttpRequest/archive/a6b6f2.tar.gz"
+    "component-inherit": "0.0.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "blob": "0.0.2",