diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3b099ccd..93782659 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -109,15 +109,6 @@ monero_gui_add_library(gui_version SOURCES version.js DEPENDS genversiongui)
 
 message(STATUS "${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}")
 
-# OpenSSL
-if(APPLE AND NOT OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR)
-  execute_process(COMMAND brew --prefix openssl OUTPUT_VARIABLE OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-endif()
-find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
-message(STATUS "OpenSSL: Version ${OPENSSL_VERSION}")
-message(STATUS "OpenSSL: include dir at ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-message(STATUS "OpenSSL: libraries at ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} ${OPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARIES}")
-
 if(WITH_SCANNER)
     add_definitions(-DWITH_SCANNER)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c2b56b8..27b4dd09 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ target_include_directories(monero-wallet-gui PUBLIC
 	${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/QR-Code-scanner
 	${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/zxcvbn-c
     ${X11_INCLUDE_DIR}
-    ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}
 )
 
 target_compile_definitions(monero-wallet-gui