diff --git a/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-7.16.14.ebuild b/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-7.16.14.ebuild
index 3f403c0a77fcc..97890ccde30f8 100644
--- a/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-7.16.14.ebuild
+++ b/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-7.16.14.ebuild
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ fi
 
 LICENSE="LGPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
-IUSE="X cuda curl_ssl_gnutls curl_ssl_libressl +curl_ssl_openssl"
+IUSE="X cuda curl_ssl_gnutls +curl_ssl_openssl"
 
-REQUIRED_USE="^^ ( curl_ssl_gnutls curl_ssl_libressl curl_ssl_openssl ) "
+REQUIRED_USE="^^ ( curl_ssl_gnutls curl_ssl_openssl ) "
 
 # libcurl must not be using an ssl backend boinc does not support.
 # If the libcurl ssl backend changes, boinc should be recompiled.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 		>=dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit-2.1
 		>=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-180.22
 	)
-	net-misc/curl[curl_ssl_gnutls(-)=,curl_ssl_libressl(-)=,-curl_ssl_nss(-),curl_ssl_openssl(-)=,-curl_ssl_axtls(-),-curl_ssl_cyassl(-)]
+	net-misc/curl[curl_ssl_gnutls(-)=,-curl_ssl_nss(-),curl_ssl_openssl(-)=,-curl_ssl_axtls(-),-curl_ssl_cyassl(-)]
 	sys-apps/util-linux
 	sys-libs/zlib
 	X? (
diff --git a/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-7.16.16.ebuild b/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-7.16.16.ebuild
index 213bded49211f..5ed0953998068 100644
--- a/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-7.16.16.ebuild
+++ b/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-7.16.16.ebuild
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ fi
 
 LICENSE="LGPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
-IUSE="X cuda curl_ssl_gnutls curl_ssl_libressl +curl_ssl_openssl"
+IUSE="X cuda curl_ssl_gnutls +curl_ssl_openssl"
 
-REQUIRED_USE="^^ ( curl_ssl_gnutls curl_ssl_libressl curl_ssl_openssl ) "
+REQUIRED_USE="^^ ( curl_ssl_gnutls curl_ssl_openssl ) "
 
 # libcurl must not be using an ssl backend boinc does not support.
 # If the libcurl ssl backend changes, boinc should be recompiled.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 		>=dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit-2.1
 		>=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-180.22
 	)
-	net-misc/curl[curl_ssl_gnutls(-)=,curl_ssl_libressl(-)=,-curl_ssl_nss(-),curl_ssl_openssl(-)=,-curl_ssl_axtls(-),-curl_ssl_cyassl(-)]
+	net-misc/curl[curl_ssl_gnutls(-)=,-curl_ssl_nss(-),curl_ssl_openssl(-)=,-curl_ssl_axtls(-),-curl_ssl_cyassl(-)]
 	sys-apps/util-linux
 	sys-libs/zlib
 	X? (
diff --git a/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-9999.ebuild b/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-9999.ebuild
index 6040de51a820b..897b7f6af9164 100644
--- a/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-9999.ebuild
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ fi
 
 LICENSE="LGPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
-IUSE="X cuda curl_ssl_gnutls curl_ssl_libressl +curl_ssl_openssl"
+IUSE="X cuda curl_ssl_gnutls +curl_ssl_openssl"
 
-REQUIRED_USE="^^ ( curl_ssl_gnutls curl_ssl_libressl curl_ssl_openssl ) "
+REQUIRED_USE="^^ ( curl_ssl_gnutls curl_ssl_openssl ) "
 
 # libcurl must not be using an ssl backend boinc does not support.
 # If the libcurl ssl backend changes, boinc should be recompiled.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 		>=dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit-2.1
 		>=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-180.22
 	)
-	net-misc/curl[curl_ssl_gnutls(-)=,curl_ssl_libressl(-)=,-curl_ssl_nss(-),curl_ssl_openssl(-)=,-curl_ssl_axtls(-),-curl_ssl_cyassl(-)]
+	net-misc/curl[curl_ssl_gnutls(-)=,-curl_ssl_nss(-),curl_ssl_openssl(-)=,-curl_ssl_axtls(-),-curl_ssl_cyassl(-)]
 	sys-apps/util-linux
 	sys-libs/zlib
 	X? (