diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups.inc
index 6720c3d596..16fdd4f363 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups.inc
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = " \
                --enable-gnutls \
                --enable-dbus \
                --enable-browsing \
-               --disable-openssl \
                --disable-gssapi \
                --enable-debug \
                --disable-relro \