diff --git a/cmake/modules/civetweb.cmake b/cmake/modules/civetweb.cmake
index 080787ff..c317fe57 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/civetweb.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/civetweb.cmake
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 # "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 #
-# Used internally by our patched civetweb cmakelists
-set(OPENSSL_LIBRARIES "${OPENSSL_LIBRARY_SSL} ${OPENSSL_LIBRARY_CRYPTO}")
 
 set(CIVETWEB_SRC "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/civetweb-prefix/src/civetweb/")
 set(CIVETWEB_LIB "${CIVETWEB_SRC}/install/lib/libcivetweb.a")
diff --git a/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt b/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt
index 87e66284..86c35734 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -103,8 +103,7 @@ if(NOT MINIMAL_BUILD)
     "${GPR_LIB}"
     "${PROTOBUF_LIB}"
     "${CARES_LIB}"
-    "${OPENSSL_LIBRARY_SSL}"
-    "${OPENSSL_LIBRARY_CRYPTO}"
+    "${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}"
     "${LIBYAML_LIB}"
     "${YAMLCPP_LIB}"
     "${CIVETWEB_LIB}"