diff --git a/benchmarks/Makefile b/benchmarks/Makefile
index e729536..ae676a2 100644
--- a/benchmarks/Makefile
+++ b/benchmarks/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-CXXFLAGS = -O3 -std=c++17 -Wall -Wextra $(shell pkg-config --cflags hdrbg openssl)
-LDFLAGS = $(shell pkg-config --libs-only-L hdrbg openssl)
-LDLIBS = $(shell pkg-config --libs-only-l hdrbg openssl)
+CXXFLAGS = -O3 -std=c++17 -Wall -Wextra $(shell pkg-config --cflags hdrbg)
+LDFLAGS = $(shell pkg-config --libs-only-L hdrbg)
+LDLIBS = $(shell pkg-config --libs-only-l hdrbg)
 
 benchmarks:
diff --git a/examples/C++/Makefile b/examples/C++/Makefile
index 9a4cfbe..207c12d 100644
--- a/examples/C++/Makefile
+++ b/examples/C++/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-CFLAGS = $(shell pkg-config --cflags hdrbg openssl)
-LDFLAGS = $(shell pkg-config --libs-only-L hdrbg openssl)
-LDLIBS = $(shell pkg-config --libs-only-l hdrbg openssl)
+CFLAGS = $(shell pkg-config --cflags hdrbg)
+LDFLAGS = $(shell pkg-config --libs-only-L hdrbg)
+LDLIBS = $(shell pkg-config --libs-only-l hdrbg)
 
 Sources = $(wildcard *.cc)
 Executables = $(Sources:.cc=)
diff --git a/examples/C/Makefile b/examples/C/Makefile
index 78096ec..5ae6404 100644
--- a/examples/C/Makefile
+++ b/examples/C/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-CFLAGS = $(shell pkg-config --cflags hdrbg openssl)
-LDFLAGS = $(shell pkg-config --libs-only-L hdrbg openssl)
-LDLIBS = $(shell pkg-config --libs-only-l hdrbg openssl)
+CFLAGS = $(shell pkg-config --cflags hdrbg)
+LDFLAGS = $(shell pkg-config --libs-only-L hdrbg)
+LDLIBS = $(shell pkg-config --libs-only-l hdrbg)
 
 Sources = $(wildcard *.c)
 Executables = $(Sources:.c=)
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 4cc8d8f..b49470f 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-CFLAGS = -std=c17 -O2 -Wall -Wextra $(shell pkg-config --cflags hdrbg openssl)
-LDFLAGS = $(shell pkg-config --libs-only-L hdrbg openssl)
-LDLIBS = $(shell pkg-config --libs-only-l hdrbg openssl)
+CFLAGS = -std=c17 -O2 -Wall -Wextra $(shell pkg-config --cflags hdrbg)
+LDFLAGS = $(shell pkg-config --libs-only-L hdrbg)
+LDLIBS = $(shell pkg-config --libs-only-l hdrbg)
 
 tests: