diff --git a/lang/python/Makefile b/lang/python/Makefile
index 3f2d30ab0..4cdaeb0da 100644
--- a/lang/python/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/Makefile
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/python
 $(call Package/python/Default)
-  DEPENDS:=+libpthread +zlib +libffi +libopenssl +libcrypto
+  DEPENDS:=+libpthread +zlib +libffi +libopenssl
 endef
 
 define Package/python/description