diff --git a/Lib/ssl.py b/Lib/ssl.py
index 58fd2b0..0ebef58 100644
--- a/Lib/ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/ssl.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
      SSL_ERROR_EOF, \
      SSL_ERROR_INVALID_ERROR_CODE
 
-from socket import socket, _fileobject
+from socket import socket, _fileobject, _delegate_methods
 from socket import getnameinfo as _getnameinfo
 import base64        # for DER-to-PEM translation
 
@@ -90,13 +90,14 @@
                  do_handshake_on_connect=True,
                  suppress_ragged_eofs=True):
         socket.__init__(self, _sock=sock._sock)
-        # the initializer for socket trashes the methods (tsk, tsk), so...
-        self.send = lambda data, flags=0: SSLSocket.send(self, data, flags)
-        self.sendto = lambda data, addr, flags=0: SSLSocket.sendto(self, data, addr, flags)
-        self.recv = lambda buflen=1024, flags=0: SSLSocket.recv(self, buflen, flags)
-        self.recvfrom = lambda addr, buflen=1024, flags=0: SSLSocket.recvfrom(self, addr, buflen, flags)
-        self.recv_into = lambda buffer, nbytes=None, flags=0: SSLSocket.recv_into(self, buffer, nbytes, flags)
-        self.recvfrom_into = lambda buffer, nbytes=None, flags=0: SSLSocket.recvfrom_into(self, buffer, nbytes, flags)
+        # The initializer for socket overrides the methods send(), recv(), etc.
+        # in the instancce, which we don't need -- but we want to provide the
+        # methods defined in SSLSocket.
+        for attr in _delegate_methods:
+            try:
+                delattr(self, attr)
+            except AttributeError:
+                pass
 
         if certfile and not keyfile:
             keyfile = certfile
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
index 12373d1..ef82ed3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import urllib, urlparse
 import shutil
 import traceback
+import weakref
 
 from BaseHTTPServer import HTTPServer
 from SimpleHTTPServer import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
@@ -113,6 +114,15 @@
         if (d1 != d2):
             raise test_support.TestFailed("PEM-to-DER or DER-to-PEM translation failed")
 
+    def test_refcycle(self):
+        # Issue #7943: an SSL object doesn't create reference cycles with
+        # itself.
+        s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET)
+        ss = ssl.wrap_socket(s)
+        wr = weakref.ref(ss)
+        del ss
+        self.assertEqual(wr(), None)
+
 class NetworkedTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def testConnect(self):