diff --git a/srcpkgs/cryfs/template b/srcpkgs/cryfs/template
index ccd1f994c15..e8022335f01 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cryfs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cryfs/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ create_wrksrc=yes
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DCRYFS_UPDATE_CHECKS=off"
 hostmakedepends="git python"
-makedepends="boost-devel fuse-devel libcurl-devel libgomp-devel openssl-devel"
+makedepends="boost-devel fuse-devel libcurl-devel libgomp-devel"
 depends="fuse"
 short_desc="Cryptographic filesystem for the cloud"
 maintainer="Andy Weidenbaum <atweiden@tutanota.de>"