diff --git a/qt5-base/mingw-w64-angle/PKGBUILD b/qt5-base/mingw-w64-angle/PKGBUILD
index 128a1701..f4a28194 100644
--- a/qt5-base/mingw-w64-angle/PKGBUILD
+++ b/qt5-base/mingw-w64-angle/PKGBUILD
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ build() {
 
   for _arch in ${_architectures}; do
     echo "INCLUDEPATH += /usr/${_arch}/include/openssl-1.0" >> src/network/network.pro
-    export OPENSSL_LIBS='-L/usr/${_arch}/lib/openssl-1.0 -lssl -lcrypto'
 
     # Phonon is disabled for now because we lack the directx headers
     # FIXME: check whether this is still the case
diff --git a/qt5-base/mingw-w64-dynamic/PKGBUILD b/qt5-base/mingw-w64-dynamic/PKGBUILD
index 9d4369c0..d485094e 100644
--- a/qt5-base/mingw-w64-dynamic/PKGBUILD
+++ b/qt5-base/mingw-w64-dynamic/PKGBUILD
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ build() {
 
   for _arch in ${_architectures}; do
     echo "INCLUDEPATH += /usr/${_arch}/include/openssl-1.0" >> src/network/network.pro
-    export OPENSSL_LIBS='-L/usr/${_arch}/lib/openssl-1.0 -lssl -lcrypto'
 
     # Phonon is disabled for now because we lack the directx headers
     # FIXME: check whether this is still the case
diff --git a/qt5-base/mingw-w64-static/PKGBUILD b/qt5-base/mingw-w64-static/PKGBUILD
index 82d535b3..2103694a 100644
--- a/qt5-base/mingw-w64-static/PKGBUILD
+++ b/qt5-base/mingw-w64-static/PKGBUILD
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ build() {
 
   for _arch in ${_architectures}; do
     echo "INCLUDEPATH += /usr/${_arch}/include/openssl-1.0" >> src/network/network.pro
-    export OPENSSL_LIBS='-L/usr/${_arch}/lib/openssl-1.0 -lssl -lcrypto'
 
     # Phonon is disabled for now because we lack the directx headers
     # FIXME: check whether this is still the case
diff --git a/qt5-base/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD b/qt5-base/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
index 64fb88a1..4c418d3e 100644
--- a/qt5-base/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
+++ b/qt5-base/mingw-w64/PKGBUILD
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ build() {
 
   for _arch in ${_architectures}; do
     echo "INCLUDEPATH += /usr/${_arch}/include/openssl-1.0" >> src/network/network.pro
-    export OPENSSL_LIBS='-L/usr/${_arch}/lib/openssl-1.0 -lssl -lcrypto'
 
     # Phonon is disabled for now because we lack the directx headers
     # FIXME: check whether this is still the case