diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index b6bab0a8..27b2b40e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -445,8 +445,7 @@ if ! test x"$with_openssl" = x"no"; then
 	unset FOUNDINCLUDE
 	if test x"$with_openssl" != x"/usr" ; then
 		CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$with_openssl/include"
-		# Need both to find ssl libraries and to load at runtime
-		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$with_openssl/lib -R$with_openssl/lib"
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$with_openssl/lib"
 	fi
 
 	dnl check for openssl in $dir/include/openssl