diff --git a/package/libshout/libshout.mk b/package/libshout/libshout.mk
index 57d26390c5..4afb762de6 100644
--- a/package/libshout/libshout.mk
+++ b/package/libshout/libshout.mk
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 LIBSHOUT_CONF_OPTS += --with-openssl
 LIBSHOUT_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
-else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRESSL),y)
-LIBSHOUT_CONF_OPTS += --with-openssl=$(STAGING_DIR)/lib
-LIBSHOUT_DEPENDENCIES += libressl
 else
 LIBSHOUT_CONF_OPTS += --without-openssl
 endif