diff --git a/config/path b/config/path
index f302c70fec..7d160d4e1d 100644
--- a/config/path
+++ b/config/path
@@ -199,8 +199,6 @@ XORG_PATH_RGB=/usr/lib/X11/rgb
 XORG_PATH_MODULES=/usr/lib/xorg/modules
 XORG_PATH_DRIVERS=/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers
 
-SSL_CERTIFICATES="/etc/ssl"
-
 TOOLCHAIN_LANGUAGES=c
 [ "$TOOLCHAIN_CXX" = yes ] && TOOLCHAIN_LANGUAGES=${TOOLCHAIN_LANGUAGES},c++
 
diff --git a/packages/security/libressl/package.mk b/packages/security/libressl/package.mk
index 28bddbd025..7395ede796 100644
--- a/packages/security/libressl/package.mk
+++ b/packages/security/libressl/package.mk
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
 post_makeinstall_target() {
 # create new cert: ./mkcerts.sh
-  mkdir -p $INSTALL/$SSL_CERTIFICATES
-    cp $PKG_DIR/cert/ca-bundle.crt $INSTALL/$SSL_CERTIFICATES/cacert.pem
+  mkdir -p $INSTALL/etc/ssl
+    cp $PKG_DIR/cert/ca-bundle.crt $INSTALL/etc/ssl/cacert.pem
   # backwards comatibility
   mkdir -p $INSTALL/etc/pki/tls
-  ln -sf $SSL_CERTIFICATES/cacert.pem $INSTALL/etc/pki/tls/cacert.pem
-  ln -sf $SSL_CERTIFICATES/cacert.pem $INSTALL/etc/ssl/cert.pem
+  ln -sf /etc/ssl/cacert.pem $INSTALL/etc/pki/tls/cacert.pem
+  ln -sf /etc/ssl/cacert.pem $INSTALL/etc/ssl/cert.pem
 }
diff --git a/packages/web/curl/package.mk b/packages/web/curl/package.mk
index 744a217830..27f5ecc479 100644
--- a/packages/web/curl/package.mk
+++ b/packages/web/curl/package.mk
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="ac_cv_lib_rtmp_RTMP_Init=yes \
                            --with-ssl \
                            --without-polarssl \
                            --without-nss \
-                           --with-ca-bundle=$SSL_CERTIFICATES/cacert.pem \
+                           --with-ca-bundle=/etc/ssl/cacert.pem \
                            --without-ca-path \
                            --without-libpsl \
                            --without-libmetalink \