diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
index fca190bde4ab..d7dbd958b586 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl/default.nix
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       # Without this curl might detect /etc/ssl/cert.pem at build time on macOS, causing curl to ignore NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE.
       "--without-ca-bundle"
       "--without-ca-path"
+    ] ++ lib.optionals (!gnutlsSupport && !opensslSupport && !wolfsslSupport) [
+      "--without-ssl"
     ];
 
   CXX = "${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}c++";