diff --git a/textproc/iksemel/Makefile b/textproc/iksemel/Makefile
index 7b1ad95084bc..040d5c9d0c31 100644
--- a/textproc/iksemel/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/iksemel/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ GH_TAGNAME=	978b733
 USES=		autoreconf libtool makeinfo pathfix pkgconfig
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-gnutls=yes \
+		--without-openssl \
 		--disable-python
 CPPFLAGS+=	${CXXFLAGS} -I${LOCALBASE}/include
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib