diff --git a/package/libopenssl/libopenssl.mk b/package/libopenssl/libopenssl.mk
index ed36fb593dde..fe472e2c7a19 100644
--- a/package/libopenssl/libopenssl.mk
+++ b/package/libopenssl/libopenssl.mk
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ define LIBOPENSSL_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 			no-fuzz-libfuzzer \
 			no-fuzz-afl \
 			no-afalgeng \
+			$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_BIN),,no-apps) \
 			$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_CHACHA),,no-chacha) \
 			$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_RC2),,no-rc2) \
 			$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_RC4),,no-rc4) \
@@ -156,14 +157,6 @@ endef
 LIBOPENSSL_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += LIBOPENSSL_REMOVE_PERL_SCRIPTS
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_BIN),)
-define LIBOPENSSL_REMOVE_BIN
-	$(RM) -f $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/openssl
-	$(RM) -f $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/ssl/misc/{CA.*,c_*}
-endef
-LIBOPENSSL_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += LIBOPENSSL_REMOVE_BIN
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENGINES),)
 define LIBOPENSSL_REMOVE_LIBOPENSSL_ENGINES
 	$(RM) -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/engines-3