diff --git a/system/base/coreutils/pspec.xml b/system/base/coreutils/pspec.xml
index 1b946a8e..dafaf2dd 100644
--- a/system/base/coreutils/pspec.xml
+++ b/system/base/coreutils/pspec.xml
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@
             <Dependency>acl</Dependency>
             <Dependency>attr</Dependency>
             <Dependency>gmp</Dependency>
-            <Dependency>libcap</Dependency>
-            <Dependency>openssl</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>libcap</Dependency>            
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="executable">/bin</Path>