diff --git a/tests/runtests.pl b/tests/runtests.pl
index 7ee7d60a3..a984e8cce 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.pl
+++ b/tests/runtests.pl
@@ -2269,12 +2269,10 @@ sub checksystem {
            }
            elsif ($libcurl =~ /yassl/i) {
                $has_yassl=1;
-               $has_openssl=1;
                $ssllib="yassl";
            }
            elsif ($libcurl =~ /polarssl/i) {
                $has_polarssl=1;
-               $has_openssl=1;
                $ssllib="polarssl";
            }
            elsif ($libcurl =~ /axtls/i) {