diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fb8db11e9e..4c40683057 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -766,14 +766,10 @@ AS_IF([test "x$enable_fuse_notifications" != "xno"], [
 
 dnl Find out OpenSSL trusted certificates path
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for OpenSSL trusted certificates path])
-SSL_CERT_PATH=$(openssl version -d | sed -e 's|OPENSSLDIR: "\(.*\)".*|\1|')
-if test -d "${SSL_CERT_PATH}" 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
-   AC_MSG_RESULT([$SSL_CERT_PATH])
-   AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SSL_CERT_PATH, ["$SSL_CERT_PATH"], [Path to OpenSSL trusted certificates.])
-   AC_SUBST(SSL_CERT_PATH)
-else
-   AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to detect path to OpenSSL trusted certificates])
-fi
+SSL_CERT_PATH=/etc/ssl
+AC_MSG_RESULT([$SSL_CERT_PATH])
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SSL_CERT_PATH, ["$SSL_CERT_PATH"], [Path to OpenSSL trusted certificates.])
+AC_SUBST(SSL_CERT_PATH)
 
 AC_CHECK_LIB([ssl], TLS_method, [HAVE_OPENSSL_1_1="yes"], [HAVE_OPENSSL_1_1="no"])
 if test "x$HAVE_OPENSSL_1_1" = "xyes"; then