diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 3bb7412d099..9ada362aa29 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ _libdisk=	libdisk
 
 .if defined(RELEASEDIR) || \
     (!exists(${.CURDIR}/../secure) && !exists(${.CURDIR}/../kerberos5)) || \
-    defined(NOCRYPT) || \
+    defined(NOCRYPT) || defined(NO_OPENSSL) || \
     (defined(NOSECURE) && !defined(MAKE_KERBEROS5))
 _libtelnet=	libtelnet
 .endif
diff --git a/libexec/Makefile b/libexec/Makefile
index aa3f26f0f25..c3daa2f1f89 100644
--- a/libexec/Makefile
+++ b/libexec/Makefile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ SUBDIR+=mail.local smrsh
 
 .if defined(RELEASEDIR) || \
     (!exists(${.CURDIR}/../secure) && !exists(${.CURDIR}/../kerberos5)) || \
-    defined(NOCRYPT) || \
+    defined(NOCRYPT) || defined(NO_OPENSSL) || \
     (defined(NOSECURE) && !defined(MAKE_KERBEROS5))
 # make release needs both
 SUBDIR+=telnetd
diff --git a/usr.bin/Makefile b/usr.bin/Makefile
index a4d76321282..c44c47819f2 100644
--- a/usr.bin/Makefile
+++ b/usr.bin/Makefile
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ SUBDIR=	alias \
 
 .if defined(RELEASEDIR) || \
     (!exists(${.CURDIR}/../secure) && !exists(${.CURDIR}/../kerberos5)) || \
-    defined(NOCRYPT) || \
+    defined(NOCRYPT) || defined(NO_OPENSSL) || \
     (defined(NOSECURE) && !defined(MAKE_KERBEROS5))
 # make release needs both
 SUBDIR+=telnet