diff --git a/stress-ng.spec b/stress-ng.spec
index 719a20d..da4663b 100644
--- a/stress-ng.spec
+++ b/stress-ng.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Source:         http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~cking/tarballs/%{name}/%{name}-%{versi
 BuildRequires:  keyutils-devel
 BuildRequires:  libattr-devel
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
-BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description