diff --git a/cmake/ArangoDBInstall.cmake b/cmake/ArangoDBInstall.cmake
index f35b290737..8e38e03607 100644
--- a/cmake/ArangoDBInstall.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ArangoDBInstall.cmake
@@ -235,12 +235,6 @@ if (MSVC AND NOT(SKIP_PACKAGING))
   include(InstallRequiredSystemLibraries)
   INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_LIBS} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} COMPONENT Libraries)
   INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_COMPONENT} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} COMPONENT Libraries)
-
-  # install openssl
-  if (NOT LIB_EAY_RELEASE_DLL OR NOT SSL_EAY_RELEASE_DLL)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR, "BUNDLE_OPENSSL set but couldn't locate SSL DLLs. Please set LIB_EAY_RELEASE_DLL and SSL_EAY_RELEASE_DLL")
-  endif()
-
 endif()
 
 if (THIRDPARTY_SBIN)
diff --git a/cmake/packages/client/nsis.txt b/cmake/packages/client/nsis.txt
index 6dc50d9f1d..b66f0e41ca 100644
--- a/cmake/packages/client/nsis.txt
+++ b/cmake/packages/client/nsis.txt
@@ -121,14 +121,6 @@ include(InstallRequiredSystemLibraries)
 INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_LIBS} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} COMPONENT Libraries)
 INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_COMPONENT} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} COMPONENT Libraries)
 
-# install openssl
-if (NOT LIB_EAY_RELEASE_DLL OR NOT SSL_EAY_RELEASE_DLL)
-  message(FATAL_ERROR, "BUNDLE_OPENSSL set but couldn't locate SSL DLLs. Please set LIB_EAY_RELEASE_DLL and SSL_EAY_RELEASE_DLL")
-endif()
-
-install (FILES "${LIB_EAY_RELEASE_DLL}" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}/" COMPONENT Libraries)  
-install (FILES "${SSL_EAY_RELEASE_DLL}" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}/" COMPONENT Libraries)  
-
 # icon paths 
 set (ICON_PATH "${W_INSTALL_FILES}/Icons/")
 install(DIRECTORY "${ICON_PATH}" DESTINATION "resources")