diff --git a/greatsql.spec b/greatsql.spec
index 17d4a15dc8f324615af7ba88f08ed1bb3561af66..e7bdd86eee34649c2ba5c51e733935286b774f9f 100644
--- a/greatsql.spec
+++ b/greatsql.spec
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ Requires:       shadow-utils
 Requires:       net-tools
 Requires(pre):  greatsql-shared greatsql-mysql-config
 Requires:       greatsql-client
-Requires:       openssl
 Requires:       compat-openssl11-devel
 Conflicts:      Percona-SQL-server-50 Percona-Server-server-51 Percona-Server-server-55 Percona-Server-server-56 Percona-Server-server-57