diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 6d7ceba..31d9c74 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -200,17 +200,11 @@ EOM
         @{ $opts->{lib_links} } = map { $_ =~ s/32\b//g } @{ $opts->{lib_links} } if $Config{use64bitall};
     }
     else {
-        my $libsflags = `pkg-config --libs-only-l openssl`;
-        if ( $libsflags ne '' ) {
-            push @{ $opts->{lib_links} }, map { s/^-l//; $_ } split(' ', $libsflags);
-        }
-        else {
-            push @{ $opts->{lib_links} },
-                 ($rsaref
-                  ? qw( ssl crypto RSAglue rsaref z )
-                  : qw( ssl crypto z )
-                 );
-        }
+        push @{ $opts->{lib_links} },
+             ($rsaref
+              ? qw( ssl crypto RSAglue rsaref z )
+              : qw( ssl crypto z )
+             );
 
         if (($Config{cc} =~ /aCC/i) && $^O eq 'hpux') {
             print "*** Enabling HPUX aCC options (+e)\n";