diff --git a/openssl-sys/Cargo.toml b/openssl-sys/Cargo.toml
index 6d625e7a..1c4900ea 100644
--- a/openssl-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/openssl-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ libc = "0.2"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 pkg-config = "0.3"
-gcc = "0.3"
 
 [target.le32-unknown-nacl.dependencies]
 libressl-pnacl-sys = "2.1.0"
diff --git a/openssl-sys/build.rs b/openssl-sys/build.rs
index bd9611c0..d8399c54 100644
--- a/openssl-sys/build.rs
+++ b/openssl-sys/build.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 extern crate pkg_config;
-extern crate gcc;
 
 use std::env;