diff --git a/src/account/project.conf b/src/account/project.conf
index 3cbd42f..5afa1c2 100644
--- a/src/account/project.conf
+++ b/src/account/project.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ targets=imap4,mbox,pop3,nntp,rss
 cppflags_force=-I ../../include
 cflags_force=`pkg-config --cflags openssl` `pkg-config --cflags glib-2.0` -fPIC
 cflags=-W -Wall -g -O2 -pedantic -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector-all
-ldflags_force=`pkg-config --libs openssl` -lssl `pkg-config --libs glib-2.0`
+ldflags_force=`pkg-config --libs openssl` `pkg-config --libs glib-2.0`
 ldflags=-Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now
 dist=Makefile,common.c
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/project.conf b/src/plugins/project.conf
index 07e0b3c..092652d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/project.conf
+++ b/src/plugins/project.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ targets=mailing-lists,search,template
 cppflags_force=-I ../../include
 cflags_force=`pkg-config --cflags libDesktop` -fPIC
 cflags=-W -Wall -g -O2 -pedantic -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector-all
-ldflags_force=`pkg-config --libs openssl` -lssl `pkg-config --libs libDesktop`
+ldflags_force=`pkg-config --libs openssl` `pkg-config --libs libDesktop`
 ldflags=-Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now
 dist=Makefile
 
diff --git a/tests/project.conf b/tests/project.conf
index 76b8f3d..e61cff1 100644
--- a/tests/project.conf
+++ b/tests/project.conf
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ depends=$(OBJDIR)../src/libMailer.a
 type=binary
 sources=imap4.c
 cflags=`pkg-config --cflags glib-2.0 libSystem` `pkg-config --cflags openssl`
-ldflags=`pkg-config --libs glib-2.0 libSystem` `pkg-config --libs openssl` -lssl
+ldflags=`pkg-config --libs glib-2.0 libSystem` `pkg-config --libs openssl`
 
 [imap4.c]
 depends=../src/account/imap4.c