diff --git a/package/libtorrent/libtorrent.mk b/package/libtorrent/libtorrent.mk
index 8d74addaf7..de964b45ae 100644
--- a/package/libtorrent/libtorrent.mk
+++ b/package/libtorrent/libtorrent.mk
@@ -6,15 +6,20 @@
 
 LIBTORRENT_VERSION = 0.13.7
 LIBTORRENT_SITE = http://rtorrent.net/downloads
-LIBTORRENT_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf zlib \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),openssl)
+LIBTORRENT_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf zlib
 LIBTORRENT_CONF_OPTS = --enable-aligned \
 	--disable-instrumentation \
-	--with-zlib=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),--enable-openssl,--disable-openssl)
+	--with-zlib=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
 LIBTORRENT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBTORRENT_AUTORECONF = YES
 LIBTORRENT_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 LIBTORRENT_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
+LIBTORRENT_CONF_OPTS += --enable-openssl
+LIBTORRENT_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
+else
+LIBTORRENT_CONF_OPTS += --disable-openssl
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))