Yes, I removed it when 2.2.18 arrived. Normally I'd say why not just upgrade it all, but alas, due to problems in the APR & APR-Utill that came with them, there is going to be a 2.2.19 in a week most likely.
Upgrading is easy however, you really only need to copy the bin and modules folder from the package over the ones you have existing. If you can hold out a week, it would be best to upgrade the whole thing. 2.2.19 will come with OSSL 1.0.0d, or 1.0.0e if that comes around the next couple days. There is a CVE concerning the APR/APR-Util that came with 2.2.17, these are security issues, which is why it is best to upgrade instead of hanging with old versions. It is for this reason I do not want to hand it to you. Make me believe there is a good reason I should which will allow you to not upgrade Apache and I will give it to you.
Curious, why did you not upgrade the OpenSSL package while the upgrade for 2.2.17 was available?