diff --git a/cmake_modules/opensslConfig.cmake b/cmake_modules/opensslConfig.cmake
index b3f012c84a9fffa00a32cfa577d3c3dc8a961694..34558c5d7f9761bc540e45834c14e2aac9ef5d9b 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/opensslConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/opensslConfig.cmake
@@ -236,8 +236,6 @@
         REQUIRED_VARS
           OPENSSL_LIBRARIES
           OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR
-        VERSION_VAR
-          OPENSSL_VERSION
         FAIL_MESSAGE
           "Could NOT find OpenSSL, try to set the path to OpenSSL root folder in the system variable OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR"
       )