diff --git a/cmake/FindCppHttplib.cmake b/cmake/FindCppHttplib.cmake
index a522c9fb..05464835 100644
--- a/cmake/FindCppHttplib.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindCppHttplib.cmake
@@ -25,15 +25,13 @@ macro(find_system_httplib)
 endmacro()
 
 macro(include_bundled_httplib)
-    set(HTTPLIB_REQUIRE_OPENSSL "${OPENSSL_FOUND}")
+    if (NOT WIN32)
+        set(HTTPLIB_REQUIRE_OPENSSL ON)
+    endif()
     add_subdirectory(3rdparty/cpp-httplib EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endmacro()
 
 macro(find_cpp_httplib)
-    find_package(OpenSSL 3.0.0)
-    if (NOT OPENSSL_FOUND)
-        message(WARNING "Using cpp-httplib without OpenSSL support")
-    endif()
     if (TREMOTESF_WITH_HTTPLIB STREQUAL "auto")
         find_system_httplib()
         if (NOT httplib_FOUND)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index ceba939c..bf0cd36d 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -446,9 +446,6 @@ if (BUILD_TESTING)
         find_cpp_httplib()
         add_executable(requestrouter_test rpc/requestrouter_test.cpp)
         target_compile_definitions(requestrouter_test PRIVATE TEST_DATA_PATH="${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/rpc/test-data")
-        if (OPENSSL_FOUND)
-            target_compile_definitions(requestrouter_test PRIVATE CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT)
-        endif()
         add_test(NAME requestrouter_test COMMAND requestrouter_test)
         target_link_libraries(requestrouter_test PRIVATE tremotesf_objects Qt::Test)
         if (TARGET PkgConfig::httplib)
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index aa882f1e..61285a42 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -39,13 +39,18 @@
         },
         "qtsvg",
         "fmt",
-        {
-            "name": "openssl",
-            "platform": "!windows"
-        },
         "kf6widgetsaddons",
         "cxxopts",
-        "cpp-httplib",
+        {
+            "name": "cpp-httplib",
+            "default-features": false,
+            "features": [
+                {
+                    "name": "openssl",
+                    "platform": "!windows"
+                }
+            ]
+        },
         {
             "name": "pkgconf",
             "platform": "windows",