diff --git a/package/flickcurl/Config.in b/package/flickcurl/Config.in
index 7b917107f..426ceecba 100644
--- a/package/flickcurl/Config.in
+++ b/package/flickcurl/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FLICKCURL
 	bool "flickcurl"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2
+	# Ensure that libcurl is built with crypto support, since
+	# flickcurl must access https:// URLs.
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL if !(BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS || BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNSS)
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_CA_CERTIFICATES # runtime
 	help
diff --git a/package/flickcurl/flickcurl.mk b/package/flickcurl/flickcurl.mk
index 67e88518f..43027453a 100644
--- a/package/flickcurl/flickcurl.mk
+++ b/package/flickcurl/flickcurl.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ FLICKCURL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LIB LICENSE-2.0.txt LICENSE.html
 FLICKCURL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 FLICKCURL_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = flickcurl-config
 FLICKCURL_CONF_OPT = --without-curl-config --without-xml2-config --without-raptor
-FLICKCURL_DEPENDENCIES = libcurl libxml2 openssl host-pkgconf
+FLICKCURL_DEPENDENCIES = libcurl libxml2 host-pkgconf
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FLICKCURL_UTILS),)
 define FLICKCURL_REMOVE_UTILS