diff --git a/devp2p/crypto.py b/devp2p/crypto.py
index 9e5b268..3582c0a 100644
--- a/devp2p/crypto.py
+++ b/devp2p/crypto.py
@@ -3,26 +3,11 @@
 import warnings
 import os
 import sys
-if sys.platform not in ('darwin',):
-    import pyelliptic
-else:
-    # FIX PATH ON OS X ()
-    # https://github.com/yann2192/pyelliptic/issues/11
-    _openssl_lib_paths = ['/usr/local/Cellar/openssl/']
-    for p in _openssl_lib_paths:
-        if os.path.exists(p):
-            p = os.path.join(p, os.listdir(p)[-1], 'lib')
-            os.environ['DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH'] = p
-            import pyelliptic
-            if CIPHERNAMES.issubset(set(pyelliptic.Cipher.get_all_cipher())):
-                break
-if 'pyelliptic' not in dir() or not CIPHERNAMES.issubset(set(pyelliptic.Cipher.get_all_cipher())):
-    print('required ciphers %r not available in openssl library' % CIPHERNAMES)
-    if sys.platform == 'darwin':
-        print('use homebrew or macports to install newer openssl')
-        print('> brew install openssl / > sudo port install openssl')
-    sys.exit(1)
-
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.ciphers import Cipher, algorithms, modes
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import ec
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.constant_time import bytes_eq
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import hashes, hmac
+from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
 import bitcoin
 from Crypto.Hash import keccak
 from rlp.utils import str_to_bytes, safe_ord, ascii_chr
@@ -30,22 +15,27 @@
 from hashlib import sha256
 import struct
 from coincurve import PrivateKey, PublicKey
+from coincurve.utils import int_to_bytes_padded, bytes_to_int
 
-hmac_sha256 = pyelliptic.hmac_sha256
+def hmac_sha256(key, msg):
+    mac = hmac.HMAC(key, hashes.SHA256(), default_backend())
+    mac.update(msg)
+    return mac.finalize()
 
 
 class ECIESDecryptionError(RuntimeError):
     pass
 
 
-class ECCx(pyelliptic.ECC):
+class ECCx(object):
 
     """
     Modified to work with raw_pubkey format used in RLPx
     and binding default curve and cipher
     """
-    ecies_ciphername = 'aes-128-ctr'
-    curve = 'secp256k1'
+    ecies_cipher = algorithms.AES
+    ecies_mode = modes.CTR
+    curve = ec.SECP256K1
     ecies_encrypt_overhead_length = 113
 
     def __init__(self, raw_pubkey=None, raw_privkey=None):
@@ -55,33 +45,31 @@ def __init__(self, raw_pubkey=None, raw_privkey=None):
         if raw_pubkey:
             assert len(raw_pubkey) == 64
             _, pubkey_x, pubkey_y, _ = self._decode_pubkey(raw_pubkey)
+            pub_x = bytes_to_int(pubkey_x)
+            pub_y = bytes_to_int(pubkey_y)
+            pub_nums = ec.EllipticCurvePublicNumbers(pub_x, pub_y,
+                                                     self.curve())
+        else:
+            pub_nums = None
+
+        if raw_pubkey and not raw_privkey:
+            self.pubkey = pub_nums.public_key(default_backend())
         else:
-            pubkey_x, pubkey_y = None, None
-        while True:
-            pyelliptic.ECC.__init__(self, pubkey_x=pubkey_x, pubkey_y=pubkey_y,
-                                    raw_privkey=raw_privkey, curve=self.curve)
-            # XXX: when raw_privkey is generated by pyelliptic it sometimes
-            #      has 31 bytes so we try again!
-            if self.raw_privkey and len(self.raw_privkey) != 32:
-                continue
-            try:
-                if self.raw_privkey:
-                    bitcoin.get_privkey_format(self.raw_privkey)  # failed for some keys
-                valid_priv_key = True
-            except AssertionError:
-                valid_priv_key = False
-            if len(self.raw_pubkey) == 64 and valid_priv_key:
-                break
-            elif raw_privkey or raw_pubkey:
-                raise Exception('invalid priv or pubkey')
+            if raw_privkey:
+                priv_num = bytes_to_int(raw_privkey)
+                priv_nums = ec.EllipticCurvePrivateNumbers(priv_num, pub_nums)
+                self.privkey = priv_nums.private_key(default_backend())
+            else:
+                self.privkey = ec.generate_private_key(self.curve(),
+                                                       default_backend())
+            self.pubkey = self.privkey.public_key()
 
         assert len(self.raw_pubkey) == 64
 
     @property
     def raw_pubkey(self):
-        if self.pubkey_x and self.pubkey_y:
-            return str_to_bytes(self.pubkey_x + self.pubkey_y)
-        return self.pubkey_x + self.pubkey_y
+        pub_nums = self.pubkey.public_numbers()
+        return int_to_bytes_padded(pub_nums.x) + int_to_bytes_padded(pub_nums.y)
 
     @classmethod
     def _decode_pubkey(cls, raw_pubkey):
@@ -92,21 +80,28 @@ def _decode_pubkey(cls, raw_pubkey):
 
     def get_ecdh_key(self, raw_pubkey):
         "Compute public key with the local private key and returns a 256bits shared key"
-        _, pubkey_x, pubkey_y, _ = self._decode_pubkey(raw_pubkey)
-        key = self.raw_get_ecdh_key(pubkey_x, pubkey_y)
+        peer_pub = ECCx(raw_pubkey=raw_pubkey)
+        key = self.privkey.exchange(ec.ECDH(), peer_pub.pubkey)
         assert len(key) == 32
         return key
 
     @property
     def raw_privkey(self):
         if self.privkey:
-            return str_to_bytes(self.privkey)
+            return int_to_bytes_padded(
+                self.privkey.private_numbers().private_value)
         return self.privkey
 
     def is_valid_key(self, raw_pubkey, raw_privkey=None):
         try:
             assert len(raw_pubkey) == 64
-            failed = bool(self.raw_check_key(raw_privkey, raw_pubkey[:32], raw_pubkey[32:]))
+            failed = False
+            # this will check the pubkey when cryptography calls EC_KEY_set_public_key_affine_coordinates
+            ECCx(raw_pubkey=raw_pubkey)
+            if raw_privkey:
+                # make sure the privkey corresponds to pubkey
+                assert bytes_eq(ECCx(raw_privkey=raw_privkey).raw_pubkey, raw_pubkey)
+            failed = False
         except (AssertionError, Exception):
             failed = True
         return not failed
@@ -131,11 +126,13 @@ def ecies_encrypt(cls, data, raw_pubkey, shared_mac_data=''):
             }
 
         """
+        data = str_to_bytes(data)
+
         # 1) generate r = random value
         ephem = ECCx()
 
         # 2) generate shared-secret = kdf( ecdhAgree(r, P) )
-        key_material = ephem.raw_get_ecdh_key(pubkey_x=raw_pubkey[:32], pubkey_y=raw_pubkey[32:])
+        key_material = ephem.get_ecdh_key(raw_pubkey)
         assert len(key_material) == 32
         key = eciesKDF(key_material, 32)
         assert len(key) == 32
@@ -147,10 +144,11 @@ def ecies_encrypt(cls, data, raw_pubkey, shared_mac_data=''):
         ephem_pubkey = ephem.raw_pubkey
 
         # encrypt
-        iv = pyelliptic.Cipher.gen_IV(cls.ecies_ciphername)
+        algo = cls.ecies_cipher(key_enc)
+        iv = os.urandom(algo.block_size // 8)
         assert len(iv) == 16
-        ctx = pyelliptic.Cipher(key_enc, iv, 1, cls.ecies_ciphername)
-        ciphertext = ctx.ciphering(data)
+        ctx = Cipher(algo, cls.ecies_mode(iv), default_backend()).encryptor()
+        ciphertext = ctx.update(data) + ctx.finalize()
         assert len(ciphertext) == len(data)
 
         # 4) send 0x04 || R || AsymmetricEncrypt(shared-secret, plaintext) || tag
@@ -178,6 +176,8 @@ def ecies_decrypt(self, data, shared_mac_data=b''):
         [where R = r*G, and recipientPublic = recipientPrivate*G]
 
         """
+        data = str_to_bytes(data)
+
         if data[:1] != b'\x04':
             raise ECIESDecryptionError("wrong ecies header")
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ def ecies_decrypt(self, data, shared_mac_data=b''):
         _shared = data[1:1 + 64]
         # FIXME, check that _shared_pub is a valid one (on curve)
 
-        key_material = self.raw_get_ecdh_key(pubkey_x=_shared[:32], pubkey_y=_shared[32:])
+        key_material = self.get_ecdh_key(_shared)
         assert len(key_material) == 32
         key = eciesKDF(key_material, 32)
         assert len(key) == 32
@@ -198,17 +198,18 @@ def ecies_decrypt(self, data, shared_mac_data=b''):
         assert len(tag) == 32
 
         # 2) verify tag
-        if not pyelliptic.equals(hmac_sha256(key_mac, data[1 + 64:- 32] + shared_mac_data), tag):
+        if not bytes_eq(hmac_sha256(key_mac, data[1 + 64:- 32] + shared_mac_data), tag):
             raise ECIESDecryptionError("Fail to verify data")
 
         # 3) decrypt
-        blocksize = pyelliptic.OpenSSL.get_cipher(self.ecies_ciphername).get_blocksize()
+        algo = self.ecies_cipher(key_enc)
+        blocksize = algo.block_size // 8
         iv = data[1 + 64:1 + 64 + blocksize]
         assert len(iv) == 16
         ciphertext = data[1 + 64 + blocksize:- 32]
         assert 1 + len(_shared) + len(iv) + len(ciphertext) + len(tag) == len(data)
-        ctx = pyelliptic.Cipher(key_enc, iv, 0, self.ecies_ciphername)
-        return ctx.ciphering(ciphertext)
+        ctx = Cipher(algo, self.ecies_mode(iv), default_backend()).decryptor()
+        return ctx.update(ciphertext) + ctx.finalize()
 
     encrypt = ecies_encrypt
     decrypt = ecies_decrypt
diff --git a/devp2p/rlpxcipher.py b/devp2p/rlpxcipher.py
index adafff3..797ea84 100644
--- a/devp2p/rlpxcipher.py
+++ b/devp2p/rlpxcipher.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 from devp2p.crypto import ECCx
 from devp2p.crypto import ecdsa_recover
 from devp2p.crypto import ecdsa_verify
-import pyelliptic
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.ciphers import Cipher, algorithms, modes
+from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
 from devp2p.utils import ienc  # integer encode
 import Crypto.Cipher.AES as AES
 
@@ -405,11 +406,14 @@ def setup_cipher(self):
         else:
             self.egress_mac, self.ingress_mac = mac2, mac1
 
-        ciphername = 'aes-256-ctr'
-        iv = "\x00" * 16
+        # Yes, the encryption is insecure, see:
+        # https://github.com/ethereum/devp2p/issues/32
+        iv = b'\x00' * 16
         assert len(iv) == 16
-        self.aes_enc = pyelliptic.Cipher(self.aes_secret, iv, 1, ciphername=ciphername)
-        self.aes_dec = pyelliptic.Cipher(self.aes_secret, iv, 0, ciphername=ciphername)
+        cipher = Cipher(algorithms.AES(self.aes_secret), modes.CTR(iv), default_backend())
+        self.aes_enc = cipher.encryptor()
+        self.aes_dec = cipher.decryptor()
+
         self.mac_enc = AES.new(self.mac_secret, AES.MODE_ECB).encrypt
 
         self.is_ready = True
diff --git a/devp2p/tests/test_ecies.py b/devp2p/tests/test_ecies.py
index 1bd988a..59b8af7 100644
--- a/devp2p/tests/test_ecies.py
+++ b/devp2p/tests/test_ecies.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def test_agree():
         "0xf0d2b97981bd0d415a843b5dfe8ab77a30300daab3658c578f2340308a2da1a07f0821367332598b6aa4e180a41e92f4ebbae3518da847f0b1c0bbfe20bcf4e1")
     agreeExpected = fromHex("0xee1418607c2fcfb57fda40380e885a707f49000a5dda056d828b7d9bd1f29a08")
     e = crypto.ECCx(raw_privkey=secret)
-    agreeTest = e.raw_get_ecdh_key(pubkey_x=public[:32], pubkey_y=public[32:])
+    agreeTest = e.get_ecdh_key(public)
     assert(agreeExpected == agreeTest)
 
 
diff --git a/devp2p/tests/test_go_signature.py b/devp2p/tests/test_go_signature.py
index f05ba3c..6588e8b 100644
--- a/devp2p/tests/test_go_signature.py
+++ b/devp2p/tests/test_go_signature.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 from devp2p.crypto import ecdsa_sign, mk_privkey, privtopub, ecdsa_recover, ECCx
 from rlp.utils import decode_hex
-import pyelliptic
-
-
-def test_pyelliptic_sig():
-    priv_seed = 'test'
-    priv_key = mk_privkey(priv_seed)
-    my_pubkey = privtopub(priv_key)
-    e = ECCx(raw_privkey=priv_key)
-    msg = 'a'
-    s = pyelliptic.ECC.sign(e, msg)
-    s2 = pyelliptic.ECC.sign(e, msg)
-    assert s != s2  # non deterministic
 
 
 def test_go_sig():
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ad2c93d..9b9fd20 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-pyelliptic==1.5.7
 wheel
 gevent>=1.1.0
 bitcoin
@@ -10,3 +9,4 @@ pycryptodome>=3.3.1
 rlp>=0.5.1,<0.6.0
 miniupnpc
 repoze.lru
+cryptography>=1.8.0