diff --git a/net/openvswitch/Makefile b/net/openvswitch/Makefile
index 06347e148e..8887a56190 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/Makefile
+++ b/net/openvswitch/Makefile
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ define KernelPackage/openvswitch/description
 endef
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += --enable-ndebug
-CONFIGURE_ARGS += --disable-ssl
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += --enable-shared
 
 TARGET_CFLAGS += -flto -std=gnu99