diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e3e6ad780..dbb2995dd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -211,8 +211,7 @@ elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
         # this is only needed on Ubuntu
         # but shouldn't hurt on other Linux versions
         # in some builds we appear to be missing libz for some strange reason...
-	# Add ssh2 at the end for openSUSE builds (for recent cmake?)
-        set(SUBSURFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES ${SUBSURFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES} -lssh2 -lz -lpthread)
+        set(SUBSURFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES ${SUBSURFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES} -lz -lpthread)
 
         # Test for ARM processor (Raspberry Pi) and add libGLESv2 if found
         if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "armv7l" OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "armv6l")