diff --git a/databases/puppetdb-cli/Makefile b/databases/puppetdb-cli/Makefile
index a7423ffdb816..393491f3a5f0 100644
--- a/databases/puppetdb-cli/Makefile
+++ b/databases/puppetdb-cli/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ BROKEN_SSL_REASON_libressl=		Needs an old version of OpenSSL (older than 1.1)
 BROKEN_SSL_REASON_libressl-devel=	Needs an old version of OpenSSL (older than 1.1)
 BROKEN_SSL_REASON_openssl111=		Needs an older version of OpenSSL (older than 1.1)
 
-USES=		cargo perl5 ssl
+USES=		cargo perl5
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_PERL5=	build
 
diff --git a/devel/interactive_rebase_tool/Makefile b/devel/interactive_rebase_tool/Makefile
index 0e7cf9c2851c..c040f13b466a 100644
--- a/devel/interactive_rebase_tool/Makefile
+++ b/devel/interactive_rebase_tool/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ COMMENT=	Improved sequence editor for Git
 
 LICENSE=	ISCL
 
-USES=		cargo ssl ncurses
+USES=		cargo ncurses
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	MitMaro
 GH_PROJECT=	git-interactive-rebase-tool