diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 37f89bd5..7552d5b4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -180,10 +180,8 @@ if (USE_TLS)
       # set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH ${CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH} /opt/local/include/openssl-1.0)
     endif()
 
-    # This OPENSSL_FOUND check is to help find a cmake manually configured OpenSSL
-    if (NOT OPENSSL_FOUND)
-      find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
-    endif()
+    # Use OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR CMake variable if you need to use your own openssl
+    find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED) 
     message(STATUS "OpenSSL: " ${OPENSSL_VERSION})
 
     add_definitions(${OPENSSL_DEFINITIONS})