--- a/opusurl.pc.in
+++ b/opusurl.pc.in
@@ -9,6 +9,5 @@
 Description: High-level Opus decoding library, URL support
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 Requires: opusfile
-Requires.private: @openssl@
 Conflicts:
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lopusurl