diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ucommon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ucommon/default.nix
index 2ecf7729f4bf..09e6e2d6a03c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ucommon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ucommon/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkg-config
-, openssl ? null, zlib ? null, gnutls ? null
+, gnutls
 }:
 
-let
-  xor = a: b: (a || b) && (!(a && b));
-in
-
-assert xor (openssl != null) (gnutls != null);
-assert !(xor (openssl != null) (zlib != null));
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ucommon";
   version = "7.0.0";
@@ -29,8 +22,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --replace 'ifndef UCOMMON_SYSRUNTIME' 'if 0'
   '';
 
-  # ucommon.pc has link time depdendencies on -lssl, -lcrypto, -lz, -lgnutls
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ openssl zlib gnutls ];
+  # ucommon.pc has link time depdendencies on -lusecure -lucommon -lgnutls
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ gnutls ];
 
   doCheck = true;
 
@@ -38,7 +31,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "C++ library to facilitate using C++ design patterns";
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/commoncpp/";
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl3Plus;
-
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fa0dd5ef4959..833c34ce13ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21765,10 +21765,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   utmps = skawarePackages.utmps;
 
-  ucommon = callPackage ../development/libraries/ucommon {
-    openssl = null;
-    zlib = null;
-  };
+  ucommon = callPackage ../development/libraries/ucommon { };
 
   v8 = callPackage ../development/libraries/v8 { };