diff --git a/src/examples/Makefile.am b/src/examples/Makefile.am
index 563f16e4..1eb67a6e 100644
--- a/src/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -155,25 +155,16 @@ spdy_event_loop_SOURCES = \
  spdy_event_loop.c 
 spdy_event_loop_LDADD = \
   $(top_builddir)/src/microspdy/libmicrospdy.la \
- -lssl \
- -lcrypto \
- -lz \
- -ldl
+ -lz
 
 spdy_fileserver_SOURCES = \
  spdy_fileserver.c 
 spdy_fileserver_LDADD = \
   $(top_builddir)/src/microspdy/libmicrospdy.la \
- -lssl \
- -lcrypto \
- -lz \
- -ldl
+ -lz
 
 spdy_response_with_callback_SOURCES = \
  spdy_response_with_callback.c 
 spdy_response_with_callback_LDADD = \
   $(top_builddir)/src/microspdy/libmicrospdy.la \
- -lssl \
- -lcrypto \
- -lz \
- -ldl
+ -lz
diff --git a/src/spdy2http/Makefile.am b/src/spdy2http/Makefile.am
index e9ee6e19..18818d35 100644
--- a/src/spdy2http/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/spdy2http/Makefile.am
@@ -24,7 +24,5 @@ microspdy2http_SOURCES = \
  proxy.c 
 microspdy2http_LDADD = \
   $(top_builddir)/src/microspdy/libmicrospdy.la \
- -lssl \
- -lcrypto \
  -lz \
  -lcurl
diff --git a/src/testspdy/Makefile.am b/src/testspdy/Makefile.am
index 769e8bba..1f531305 100644
--- a/src/testspdy/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/testspdy/Makefile.am
@@ -49,10 +49,7 @@ SPDY_SOURCES= \
 
 SPDY_LDADD=  \
  $(top_builddir)/src/microspdy/libmicrospdy.la \
- -lssl \
- -lcrypto \
- -lz \
- -ldl
+ -lz
 
 test_daemon_start_stop_SOURCES = \
  test_daemon_start_stop.c \