diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl_3.3.0.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl_3.3.0.bb
index 66cb361baa..113ed4bf95 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl_3.3.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl_3.3.0.bb
@@ -136,16 +136,12 @@ do_configure () {
 		;;
 	esac
 
-	useprefix=${prefix}
-	if [ "x$useprefix" = "x" ]; then
-		useprefix=/
-	fi
 	# WARNING: do not set compiler/linker flags (-I/-D etc.) in EXTRA_OECONF, as they will fully replace the
 	# environment variables set by bitbake. Adjust the environment variables instead.
 	PERLEXTERNAL="$(realpath ${S}/external/perl/Text-Template-*/lib)"
 	test -d "$PERLEXTERNAL" || bberror "PERLEXTERNAL '$PERLEXTERNAL' not found!"
 	HASHBANGPERL="/usr/bin/env perl" PERL=perl PERL5LIB="$PERLEXTERNAL" \
-	perl ${S}/Configure ${EXTRA_OECONF} ${PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS} ${DEPRECATED_CRYPTO_FLAGS} --prefix=$useprefix --openssldir=${libdir}/ssl-3 --libdir=${libdir} $target
+	perl ${S}/Configure ${EXTRA_OECONF} ${PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS} ${DEPRECATED_CRYPTO_FLAGS} --prefix=${prefix} --openssldir=${libdir}/ssl-3 --libdir=${baselib} $target
 	perl ${B}/configdata.pm --dump
 }