diff --git a/cmake/modules/gRPC.cmake b/cmake/modules/gRPC.cmake
index ff223b2a..e863710c 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/gRPC.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/gRPC.cmake
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ else()
     BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${GRPC_LIB} ${GRPCPP_LIB}
     INSTALL_COMMAND ""
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
-    PATCH_COMMAND patch -p1 -i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules/patch/grpc.patch
     BUILD_COMMAND
       CFLAGS=-Wno-implicit-fallthrough
       HAS_SYSTEM_ZLIB=false
diff --git a/cmake/modules/patch/grpc.patch b/cmake/modules/patch/grpc.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 46214aa6..00000000
--- a/cmake/modules/patch/grpc.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index dd4ced8112..795f499137 100644
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -786,11 +786,10 @@ endif # EMBED_OPENSSL
- endif # NO_SECURE
-
- ifeq ($(OPENSSL_PKG_CONFIG),true)
--LDLIBS_SECURE += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs-only-l openssl)
-+LDLIBS_SECURE += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --static --libs openssl)
- else
- LDLIBS_SECURE += $(addprefix -l, $(LIBS_SECURE))
- endif
--
- # gpr .pc file
- PC_NAME = gpr
- PC_DESCRIPTION = gRPC platform support library
diff --git a/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt b/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt
index e45f1e43..7704840f 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ target_include_directories(
     "${STRING_VIEW_LITE_INCLUDE}"
     "${YAMLCPP_INCLUDE_DIR}"
     "${CIVETWEB_INCLUDE_DIR}"
+    "${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}"
     "${GRPC_INCLUDE}"
     "${GRPCPP_INCLUDE}"
     "${PROTOBUF_INCLUDE}"
@@ -89,6 +90,8 @@ target_link_libraries(
   "${GRPC_LIB}"
   "${GRPCPP_LIB}"
   "${PROTOBUF_LIB}"
+  "${OPENSSL_LIBRARY_SSL}"
+  "${OPENSSL_LIBRARY_CRYPTO}"
   "${LIBYAML_LIB}"
   "${YAMLCPP_LIB}"
   "${CIVETWEB_LIB}")