diff --git a/gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.24.8-r1.ebuild b/gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.24.8-r2.ebuild
similarity index 97%
rename from gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.24.8-r1.ebuild
rename to gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.24.8-r2.ebuild
index c4c7fc245671f..1df699636ace9 100644
--- a/gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.24.8-r1.ebuild
+++ b/gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.24.8-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Id$
 
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ RDEPEND="${GNUSTEP_CORE_DEPEND}
 			libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:= )
 		)
 	)
-	>=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.7:=
 	icu? ( >=dev-libs/icu-4.0:= )
 	!libffi? ( dev-libs/ffcall
 		gnustep-base/gnustep-make[-native-exceptions] )
diff --git a/gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.24.9.ebuild b/gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.24.9-r1.ebuild
similarity index 98%
rename from gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.24.9.ebuild
rename to gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.24.9-r1.ebuild
index eb72c1b724e95..6bf97f6d17843 100644
--- a/gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.24.9.ebuild
+++ b/gnustep-base/gnustep-base/gnustep-base-1.24.9-r1.ebuild
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ RDEPEND="${GNUSTEP_CORE_DEPEND}
 			libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:= )
 		)
 	)
-	>=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.7:=
 	icu? ( >=dev-libs/icu-4.0:= )
 	!libffi? ( dev-libs/ffcall
 		gnustep-base/gnustep-make[-native-exceptions] )