diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dns/powerdns/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/dns/powerdns/default.nix
index 76c346180cd..1b23f652021 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/dns/powerdns/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dns/powerdns/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig
-, boost, libyamlcpp, libsodium, sqlite, protobuf, botan2, libressl
+, boost, libyamlcpp, libsodium, sqlite, protobuf, botan2, openssl
 , mysql57, postgresql, lua, openldap, geoip, curl, opendbx, unixODBC
 }:
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [
     boost mysql57.connector-c postgresql lua openldap sqlite protobuf geoip
-    libyamlcpp libsodium curl opendbx unixODBC botan2 libressl
+    libyamlcpp libsodium curl opendbx unixODBC botan2 openssl
   ];
 
   # nix destroy with-modules arguments, when using configureFlags
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       "--with-modules=bind gmysql geoip godbc gpgsql gsqlite3 ldap lua mydns opendbx pipe random remote"
       --with-sqlite3
       --with-socketdir=/var/lib/powerdns
-      --with-libcrypto=${libressl.dev}
+      --with-libcrypto=${openssl.dev}
       --enable-libsodium
       --enable-botan
       --enable-tools
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0aa788abf79..d27cccbc9c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16260,7 +16260,7 @@ in
 
   semodule-utils = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/semodule-utils { };
 
-  powerdns = callPackage ../servers/dns/powerdns { libressl = libressl_2_8; };
+  powerdns = callPackage ../servers/dns/powerdns { };
 
   dnsdist = callPackage ../servers/dns/dnsdist { };