diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/civetweb/civetweb_1.16.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/civetweb/civetweb_1.16.bb
index 4b08a44813..a7e81213c3 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/civetweb/civetweb_1.16.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/civetweb/civetweb_1.16.bb
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE = " \
     -DCIVETWEB_ENABLE_LUA=OFF \
     -DCIVETWEB_ENABLE_ASAN=OFF \
     -DCIVETWEB_BUILD_TESTING=OFF \
-    -DCIVETWEB_SSL_OPENSSL_API_3_0=ON \
 "
 
 # Building with ninja fails on missing third_party/lib/libcheck.a (which
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[cpp] = "-DCIVETWEB_ENABLE_CXX=ON,-DCIVETWEB_ENABLE_CXX=OFF,"
 PACKAGECONFIG[debug] = "-DCIVETWEB_ENABLE_MEMORY_DEBUGGING=ON,-DCIVETWEB_ENABLE_MEMORY_DEBUGGING=OFF,"
 PACKAGECONFIG[ipv6] = "-DCIVETWEB_ENABLE_IPV6=ON,-DCIVETWEB_ENABLE_IPV6=OFF,"
 PACKAGECONFIG[server] = "-DCIVETWEB_ENABLE_SERVER_EXECUTABLE=ON -DCIVETWEB_INSTALL_EXECUTABLE=ON,-DCIVETWEB_ENABLE_SERVER_EXECUTABLE=OFF -DCIVETWEB_INSTALL_EXECUTABLE=OFF,"
-PACKAGECONFIG[ssl] = "-DCIVETWEB_ENABLE_SSL=ON -DCIVETWEB_SSL_OPENSSL_API_1_1=OFF -DCIVETWEB_ENABLE_SSL_DYNAMIC_LOADING=OFF,-DCIVETWEB_ENABLE_SSL=OFF,openssl (=1.0.2%),"
+PACKAGECONFIG[ssl] = "-DCIVETWEB_ENABLE_SSL=ON -DCIVETWEB_SSL_OPENSSL_API_1_1=OFF -DCIVETWEB_SSL_OPENSSL_API_3_0=ON -DCIVETWEB_ENABLE_SSL_DYNAMIC_LOADING=OFF,-DCIVETWEB_ENABLE_SSL=OFF,openssl (=1.0.2%),"
 PACKAGECONFIG[websockets] = "-DCIVETWEB_ENABLE_WEBSOCKETS=ON,-DCIVETWEB_ENABLE_WEBSOCKETS=OFF,"
 
 do_install:append() {