diff --git a/package/libopenssl/libopenssl.mk b/package/libopenssl/libopenssl.mk
index 14313a80fe74..ed36fb593dde 100644
--- a/package/libopenssl/libopenssl.mk
+++ b/package/libopenssl/libopenssl.mk
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ endef
 LIBOPENSSL_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += LIBOPENSSL_REMOVE_BIN
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENGINES),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENGINES),)
 define LIBOPENSSL_REMOVE_LIBOPENSSL_ENGINES
 	$(RM) -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/engines-3
 endef