diff --git a/pkgs/development/misc/resholve/default.nix b/pkgs/development/misc/resholve/default.nix
index f2db31c351ad..b90a65c06ed1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/misc/resholve/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/misc/resholve/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ let
     self = python27';
     pkgsBuildHost = pkgsBuildHost // { python27 = python27'; };
     # strip down that python version as much as possible
+    openssl = null;
     bzip2 = null;
     readline = null;
     ncurses = null;