diff --git a/configure b/configure
index da8ae75f..383bc927 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ fi
 # libssl with pkg-config support is required.
 #
 printf "Checking for libssl via pkg-config ... "
-if pkg-config --exists 'libssl < 1.2' && ! pkg-config --exists libtls ; then
+if pkg-config --exists 'libssl' && ! pkg-config --exists libtls ; then
 	echo "found OpenSSL version $(pkg-config --modversion libssl)."
 elif pkg-config --exists libssl libtls; then
 	echo "found LibreSSL version $(pkg-config --modversion libssl)."