diff --git a/app-mobilephone/smssend/smssend-3.4-r1.ebuild b/app-mobilephone/smssend/smssend-3.4-r2.ebuild
similarity index 80%
rename from app-mobilephone/smssend/smssend-3.4-r1.ebuild
rename to app-mobilephone/smssend/smssend-3.4-r2.ebuild
index 287ac04eec6f6..be95746e2cd30 100644
--- a/app-mobilephone/smssend/smssend-3.4-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-mobilephone/smssend/smssend-3.4-r2.ebuild
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86"
 IUSE=""
 
-DEPEND=">=dev-libs/skyutils-2.7[sslv3]"
+# -r5 of skyutils fixes a runtime crash, bug 588326.
+# Without SSL support in skyutils, some providers fail.
+DEPEND=">=dev-libs/skyutils-2.8-r5[ssl]"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-verizon.diff" )
diff --git a/dev-libs/skyutils/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/skyutils/metadata.xml
index deb5277467ee9..209c459554adc 100644
--- a/dev-libs/skyutils/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-libs/skyutils/metadata.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,4 @@
     This library contains many useful functions such as chained lists,
     string manipulation, socket, and the HTTP protocol.
   </longdescription>
-
-  <use>
-    <flag name="sslv3">
-      Require OpenSSL to be built with the old SSLv3 protocol enabled.
-    </flag>
-  </use>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-libs/skyutils/skyutils-2.8-r4.ebuild b/dev-libs/skyutils/skyutils-2.8-r5.ebuild
similarity index 81%
rename from dev-libs/skyutils/skyutils-2.8-r4.ebuild
rename to dev-libs/skyutils/skyutils-2.8-r5.ebuild
index 252add28bbd8f..48c855e6d5e4e 100644
--- a/dev-libs/skyutils/skyutils-2.8-r4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/skyutils/skyutils-2.8-r5.ebuild
@@ -13,13 +13,9 @@ SRC_URI="mirror://gentoo/${P}.tar.gz"
 LICENSE="LGPL-2.1+"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86"
-IUSE="libressl ssl sslv3"
-REQUIRED_USE="sslv3? ( ssl? ( !libressl ) )"
+IUSE="ssl"
 
-DEPEND="ssl? (
-	!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0=[sslv3?] )
-	libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:0= )
-)"
+DEPEND="ssl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0=[sslv3] )"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 PATCHES=(