diff --git a/virtualbox-guest-additions.spec b/virtualbox-guest-additions.spec
index 7719e00..25e92e5 100644
--- a/virtualbox-guest-additions.spec
+++ b/virtualbox-guest-additions.spec
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ kmk %{_smp_mflags}                                             \
     SDK_VBOX_LIBPNG_INCS=""                                    \
     SDK_VBOX_LIBXML2_INCS=""                                   \
     SDK_VBOX_OPENSSL_INCS=""                                   \
-    SDK_VBOX_OPENSSL_LIBS="$(pkgconf --libs openssl)"          \
+    SDK_VBOX_OPENSSL_LIBS="ssl crypto"                         \
     SDK_VBOX_ZLIB_INCS=                                        \
     VBOX_NO_LEGACY_XORG_X11=1                                  \
     VBOX_BUILD_PUBLISHER=_Fedora