diff --git a/sasl/Cargo.toml b/sasl/Cargo.toml
index 10c12e9935bd98c3721a05db84843f791209865d..284b8f9633784875a75293f789cadf877a0fde23 100644
--- a/sasl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sasl/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ gitlab = { repository = "lumi/sasl-rs" }
 
 [features]
 default = ["scram"]
-scram = ["openssl"]
+scram = []
 
 [dependencies]
 base64 = "0.10"
@@ -25,7 +25,3 @@ sha-1 = "0.8"
 sha2 = "0.8"
 hmac = "0.7"
 pbkdf2 = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
-
-[dependencies.openssl]
-version = "0.10.7"
-optional = true
diff --git a/sasl/src/secret.rs b/sasl/src/secret.rs
index 690bf36d5db639903e459874e35422f88cdc6721..31f42dd9e00123d325baee445361dc3f836d522e 100644
--- a/sasl/src/secret.rs
+++ b/sasl/src/secret.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pub struct Pbkdf2Sha1 {
 }
 
 impl Pbkdf2Sha1 {
-    #[cfg(feature = "openssl")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "scram")]
     pub fn derive(password: &str, salt: &[u8], iterations: usize) -> Result<Pbkdf2Sha1, String> {
         use crate::common::scram::{ScramProvider, Sha1};
         use crate::common::Password;
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pub struct Pbkdf2Sha256 {
 }
 
 impl Pbkdf2Sha256 {
-    #[cfg(feature = "openssl")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "scram")]
     pub fn derive(password: &str, salt: &[u8], iterations: usize) -> Result<Pbkdf2Sha256, String> {
         use crate::common::scram::{ScramProvider, Sha256};
         use crate::common::Password;