diff --git a/cmake/ssl.cmake b/cmake/ssl.cmake
index 365494077dc..55a60708ed7 100644
--- a/cmake/ssl.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ssl.cmake
@@ -170,8 +170,7 @@ MACRO (MYSQL_CHECK_SSL)
 
     IF(OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR AND
        OPENSSL_LIBRARIES   AND
-       CRYPTO_LIBRARY      AND
-       OPENSSL_MAJOR_VERSION STREQUAL "1"
+       CRYPTO_LIBRARY
       )
       SET(OPENSSL_FOUND TRUE)
     ELSE()