diff --git a/dev-util/rustup/rustup-1.28.2-r1.ebuild b/dev-util/rustup/rustup-1.28.2-r1.ebuild
index 2b094f98a402a..09d89dcb1a8a8 100644
--- a/dev-util/rustup/rustup-1.28.2-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/rustup/rustup-1.28.2-r1.ebuild
@@ -51,18 +51,13 @@ src_unpack() {
 
 src_configure() {
 	# modeled after ci/run.bash upstream
-	# reqwest-rustls-tls requires ring crate, which is not very portable.
+	# reqwest-rustls-tls requires ring crate and/or aws-lc, which is not
+	# very portable and also compiles much vendored openssl code
 	local myfeatures=(
 		no-self-update
 		curl-backend
 		reqwest-native-tls
 	)
-	case ${ARCH} in
-		ppc* | mips* | riscv* | s390*)
-			;;
-		*) myfeatures+=( reqwest-rustls-tls )
-			;;
-	esac
 	cargo_src_configure --no-default-features
 }
 
diff --git a/dev-util/rustup/rustup-9999.ebuild b/dev-util/rustup/rustup-9999.ebuild
index 2b094f98a402a..09d89dcb1a8a8 100644
--- a/dev-util/rustup/rustup-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/rustup/rustup-9999.ebuild
@@ -51,18 +51,13 @@ src_unpack() {
 
 src_configure() {
 	# modeled after ci/run.bash upstream
-	# reqwest-rustls-tls requires ring crate, which is not very portable.
+	# reqwest-rustls-tls requires ring crate and/or aws-lc, which is not
+	# very portable and also compiles much vendored openssl code
 	local myfeatures=(
 		no-self-update
 		curl-backend
 		reqwest-native-tls
 	)
-	case ${ARCH} in
-		ppc* | mips* | riscv* | s390*)
-			;;
-		*) myfeatures+=( reqwest-rustls-tls )
-			;;
-	esac
 	cargo_src_configure --no-default-features
 }