diff --git a/.github/workflows/lib-build.yml b/.github/workflows/lib-build.yml
index 17505a5fd6..529e24b426 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lib-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lib-build.yml
@@ -104,11 +104,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           uv tool install 'cibuildwheel==3.2.1'
 
-      - name: Install OpenSSL for Windows
-        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
-        run: |
-          choco install openssl.light --no-progress -y
-
       - name: Install Conan
         if: runner.os == 'Windows'
         uses: turtlebrowser/get-conan@c171f295f3f507360ee018736a6608731aa2109d # v1.2
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0d7a042d0e..f44f99c971 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ manylinux-pypy_aarch64-image = "manylinux_2_28"
 enable = ["pypy"]
 [tool.cibuildwheel.linux]
 
-before-build = "rm -rf ~/.pyxbld && rpm --import https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/RPM-GPG-KEY-AlmaLinux && yum install -y libffi-devel libev libev-devel openssl openssl-devel lz4-devel"
+before-build = "rm -rf ~/.pyxbld && rpm --import https://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/RPM-GPG-KEY-AlmaLinux && yum install -y libffi-devel libev libev-devel lz4-devel"
 # Install the optional lz4 compression dependency so the lz4 segment tests run
 # (and fail loudly under CASS_DRIVER_NO_SKIP) instead of skipping silently.
 test-extras = ["compress-lz4"]