diff --git a/test/tap/tap/Makefile b/test/tap/tap/Makefile
index 1858a60f66..76d4b09e5e 100644
--- a/test/tap/tap/Makefile
+++ b/test/tap/tap/Makefile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ libtap.a: tap.cpp tap.h command_line.cpp command_line.h utils.cpp utils.h tap.o
 	ar rcs libtap.a tap.o command_line.o utils.o $(SQLITE3_LDIR)/sqlite3.o
 
 libtap.so: libtap.a cpp-dotenv/dynamic/cpp-dotenv/libcpp_dotenv.so
-	gcc -shared -o libtap.so -Wl,--whole-archive libtap.a ../../../deps/curl/curl/lib/.libs/libcurl.a ../../../deps/libssl/openssl/libcrypto.a ../../../deps/libssl/openssl/libssl.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive
+	gcc -shared -o libtap.so -Wl,--whole-archive libtap.a ../../../deps/curl/curl/lib/.libs/libcurl.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive
 
 libssl.so.3: $(DEPS_PATH)/libssl/openssl/libssl.so.3
 	cp -a $(DEPS_PATH)/libssl/openssl/libssl.so* .