diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index e51012d42..abfe45508 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pkgdesc="A Flash Player emulator written in Rust"
 arch=('x86_64')
 url="https://ruffle.rs/"
 license=('Apache' 'MIT')
-depends=(openssl zlib libxcb alsa-lib)
+depends=(zlib libxcb alsa-lib)
 provides=(ruffle)
 conflicts=(ruffle-git)
 source=("https://github.com/ruffle-rs/ruffle/releases/download/nightly-${pkgver//./-}/ruffle-nightly-${pkgver//./_}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 414b158c7..001cd8c21 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ The following are typical dependencies for Linux:
 * libxcb-shape0-dev
 * libxcb-xfixes0-dev
 * libgtk-3-dev
-* libssl-dev
 * libudev-dev
 * libxcb-xinput-dev
 * libxcb-xkb-dev