diff --git a/package/libssh/Config.in b/package/libssh/Config.in
index 6029f459d3..3dbfa7d561 100644
--- a/package/libssh/Config.in
+++ b/package/libssh/Config.in
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSSH
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	# Either OpenSSL or libgcrypt are mandatory
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGPG_ERROR_ARCH_SUPPORTS && !BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL # libgcrypt
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT if !BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL if !BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT
 	help
 	  libssh is a multiplatform C library implementing the SSHv2
 	  and SSHv1 protocol on client and server side. With libssh,
diff --git a/package/libssh/libssh.mk b/package/libssh/libssh.mk
index 29bbf4e9f2..429e3c17c8 100644
--- a/package/libssh/libssh.mk
+++ b/package/libssh/libssh.mk
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ else
 LIBSSH_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_ZLIB=OFF
 endif
 
+# Dependency is either on libgcrypt or openssl, guaranteed in Config.in.
+# Favour libgcrypt.
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT),y)
 LIBSSH_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_GCRYPT=ON
 LIBSSH_DEPENDENCIES += libgcrypt
 else
 LIBSSH_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_GCRYPT=OFF
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 LIBSSH_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
 endif
-endif
 
 $(eval $(cmake-package))