diff --git a/net/irssi/Makefile b/net/irssi/Makefile
index 14a4c1e63..a5663db73 100644
--- a/net/irssi/Makefile
+++ b/net/irssi/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=irssi
 PKG_VERSION:=1.0.2
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/irssi/irssi/releases/download/1.0.2/
@@ -18,51 +18,27 @@ PKG_HASH:=5c1c3cc2caf103aad073fadeb000e0f8cb3b416833a7f43ceb8bd9fcf275fbe9
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 
-PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(BUILD_VARIANT)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
-
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/nls.mk
 
-define Package/irssi/Default
+define Package/irssi
   SUBMENU:=Instant Messaging
   SECTION:=net
   CATEGORY:=Network
-  DEPENDS:=+glib2 +libncurses +libpthread
+  DEPENDS:=+glib2 +libncurses +libpthread +libopenssl
   TITLE:=Console IRC client
   MAINTAINER:=Peter Wagner <tripolar@gmx.at>
-  URL:=http://irssi.org/
-endef
-
-define Package/irssi/Default/description
-	Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems.
-endef
-
-define Package/irssi
-$(call Package/irssi/Default)
-  TITLE+= (with OpenSSL support)
-  DEPENDS+= +libopenssl
-  VARIANT:=ssl
+  URL:=https://irssi.org/
 endef
 
 define Package/irssi/description
-$(call Package/irssi/Default/description)
- This package is built with OpenSSL support.
-endef
-
-define Package/irssi-nossl
-$(call Package/irssi/Default)
-  TITLE+= (without OpenSSL support)
-  VARIANT:=nossl
-endef
-
-define Package/irssi-nossl/description
-$(call Package/irssi/Default/description)
- This package is built without OpenSSL support.
+	Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems.
 endef
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--with-perl=no \
 	--with-glib-prefix="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr" \
+	--with-ssl="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr" \
 	--with-textui \
 	--without-bot \
 	--disable-proxy
@@ -70,17 +46,6 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 EXTRA_CFLAGS+=$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS)
 EXTRA_LDFLAGS+=-lncurses
 
-ifeq ($(BUILD_VARIANT),ssl)
-	CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
-		--with-ssl="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr"
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BUILD_VARIANT),nossl)
-	CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
-		--without-ssl \
-		--disable-ssl
-endif
-
 define Build/InstallDev
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include/irssi
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/irssi/* $(1)/usr/include/irssi/
@@ -91,7 +56,5 @@ define Package/irssi/install
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/$(PKG_NAME) $(1)/usr/bin/$(PKG_NAME)
 endef
 
-Package/irssi-nossl/install = $(Package/irssi/install)
-
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,irssi))
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,irssi-nossl))
+