diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b0a5ad9a51..fc988ac252 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ if (YUZU_STATIC_ROOM)
     set(ENABLE_UPDATE_CHECKER OFF)
     set(USE_DISCORD_PRESENCE OFF)
     set(BUILD_TESTING OFF)
-    set(ENABLE_OPENSSL OFF)
     set(ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE OFF)
     set(ENABLE_LIBUSB OFF)
 
@@ -245,30 +244,12 @@ cmake_dependent_option(YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_MOLTENVK "Download bundled MoltenVK lib"
 
 option(YUZU_DISABLE_LLVM "Disable LLVM (useful for CI)" OFF)
 
-set(DEFAULT_ENABLE_OPENSSL ON)
-if (ANDROID OR WIN32 OR APPLE OR PLATFORM_SUN OR PLATFORM_OPENBSD)
-    # - Windows defaults to the Schannel backend.
-    # - macOS defaults to the SecureTransport backend.
-    # - Android currently has no SSL backend as the NDK doesn't include any SSL
-    #   library; a proper 'native' backend would have to go through Java.
-    # - Solaris and OpenBSD have too old backends
-    # But you can force builds for those platforms to use OpenSSL if you have
-    # your own copy of it.
-    set(DEFAULT_ENABLE_OPENSSL OFF)
-endif()
-
-if (ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE OR USE_DISCORD_PRESENCE)
-    set(DEFAULT_ENABLE_OPENSSL ON)
-endif()
-
-option(ENABLE_OPENSSL "Enable OpenSSL backend for ISslConnection" ${DEFAULT_ENABLE_OPENSSL})
-
 set(DEFAULT_YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_OPENSSL OFF)
 if (EXT_DEFAULT OR PLATFORM_SUN OR PLATFORM_OPENBSD)
     set(DEFAULT_YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_OPENSSL ON)
 endif()
 
-cmake_dependent_option(YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_OPENSSL "Download bundled OpenSSL build" ${DEFAULT_YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_OPENSSL} "ENABLE_OPENSSL" OFF)
+option(YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_OPENSSL "Download bundled OpenSSL build" ${DEFAULT_YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_OPENSSL})
 
 if (ANDROID AND YUZU_DOWNLOAD_ANDROID_VVL)
     AddJsonPackage(vulkan-validation-layers)
@@ -397,18 +378,16 @@ set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 
 # openssl funniness
-if (ENABLE_OPENSSL)
-    if (YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_OPENSSL)
-        set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
-        AddJsonPackage(openssl)
-        if (OpenSSL_ADDED)
-            add_compile_definitions(YUZU_BUNDLED_OPENSSL)
-        endif()
+if (YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_OPENSSL)
+    set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
+    AddJsonPackage(openssl)
+    if (OpenSSL_ADDED)
+        add_compile_definitions(YUZU_BUNDLED_OPENSSL)
     endif()
-
-    find_package(OpenSSL 1.1.1 REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
+find_package(OpenSSL 1.1.1 REQUIRED)
+
 if (YUZU_USE_CPM)
     message(STATUS "Fetching needed dependencies with CPM")
 
@@ -510,10 +489,6 @@ else()
 
     # wow
     find_package(Boost 1.57.0 CONFIG REQUIRED OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS headers context system fiber filesystem)
-
-    if (ENABLE_OPENSSL)
-        find_package(OpenSSL 1.1.1 REQUIRED)
-    endif()
 endif()
 
 if(NOT TARGET Boost::headers)
diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index 3b4627d48b..527d7de363 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -234,9 +234,7 @@ if (VulkanMemoryAllocator_ADDED)
 endif()
 
 # httplib
-if (ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE OR ENABLE_UPDATE_CHECKER OR USE_DISCORD_PRESENCE OR ENABLE_OPENSSL)
-    AddJsonPackage(httplib)
-endif()
+AddJsonPackage(httplib)
 
 # cpp-jwt
 if (ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE OR ENABLE_UPDATE_CHECKER)
diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ac08726f7..0ff1b985d0 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1223,9 +1223,7 @@ target_link_libraries(core PRIVATE
     MbedTLS::mbedcrypto${MBEDTLS_LIB_SUFFIX}
     MbedTLS::mbedtls${MBEDTLS_LIB_SUFFIX})
 
-if (ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE OR ENABLE_OPENSSL)
-    target_link_libraries(core PRIVATE httplib::httplib)
-endif()
+target_link_libraries(core PRIVATE httplib::httplib)
 
 if (ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE)
     target_compile_definitions(core PUBLIC ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE)
@@ -1271,25 +1269,24 @@ if (ARCHITECTURE_x86_64 OR ARCHITECTURE_arm64)
     target_link_libraries(core PRIVATE dynarmic::dynarmic)
 endif()
 
-if(ENABLE_OPENSSL)
-    target_sources(core PRIVATE
-        hle/service/ssl/ssl_backend_openssl.cpp)
+target_sources(core PRIVATE hle/service/ssl/ssl_backend_openssl.cpp)
 
-    find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+target_link_libraries(core PRIVATE OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
+target_compile_definitions(core PRIVATE CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT)
 
-    target_link_libraries(core PRIVATE OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
-    target_compile_definitions(core PRIVATE CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT)
-elseif (APPLE)
-    target_sources(core PRIVATE
-        hle/service/ssl/ssl_backend_securetransport.cpp)
-    target_link_libraries(core PRIVATE "-framework Security")
-elseif (WIN32)
-    target_sources(core PRIVATE
-        hle/service/ssl/ssl_backend_schannel.cpp)
-    target_link_libraries(core PRIVATE crypt32 secur32)
-else()
-    target_sources(core PRIVATE
-        hle/service/ssl/ssl_backend_none.cpp)
-endif()
+# TODO
+
+# elseif (APPLE)
+#     target_sources(core PRIVATE
+#         hle/service/ssl/ssl_backend_securetransport.cpp)
+#     target_link_libraries(core PRIVATE "-framework Security")
+# elseif (WIN32)
+#     target_sources(core PRIVATE
+#         hle/service/ssl/ssl_backend_schannel.cpp)
+#     target_link_libraries(core PRIVATE crypt32 secur32)
+# else()
+#     target_sources(core PRIVATE
+#         hle/service/ssl/ssl_backend_none.cpp)
+# endif()
 
 create_target_directory_groups(core)
diff --git a/src/dedicated_room/CMakeLists.txt b/src/dedicated_room/CMakeLists.txt
index eb0b4f399e..ceedf10c74 100644
--- a/src/dedicated_room/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/dedicated_room/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2025 Eden Emulator Project
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2026 Eden Emulator Project
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Citra Emulator Project
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ if (ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE)
     target_link_libraries(yuzu-room PRIVATE web_service)
 endif()
 
-target_link_libraries(yuzu-room PRIVATE MbedTLS::mbedcrypto${MBEDTLS_LIB_SUFFIX} MbedTLS::mbedtls${MBEDTLS_LIB_SUFFIX})
+target_link_libraries(yuzu-room PRIVATE
+    MbedTLS::mbedcrypto${MBEDTLS_LIB_SUFFIX}
+    MbedTLS::mbedtls${MBEDTLS_LIB_SUFFIX}
+    OpenSSL:SSL
+    OpenSSL::Crypto)
+
 if (MSVC)
     target_link_libraries(yuzu-room PRIVATE getopt)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/frontend_common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/frontend_common/CMakeLists.txt
index 82993e45b6..a6d580cb18 100644
--- a/src/frontend_common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/frontend_common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,11 +23,8 @@ if (ENABLE_UPDATE_CHECKER)
         update_checker.cpp
         update_checker.h)
 
-    if (ENABLE_OPENSSL)
-        target_compile_definitions(frontend_common PUBLIC CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT)
-        target_link_libraries(frontend_common PRIVATE OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
-    endif()
-
+    target_compile_definitions(frontend_common PUBLIC CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT)
+    target_link_libraries(frontend_common PRIVATE OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
 endif()
 
 create_target_directory_groups(frontend_common)
diff --git a/src/yuzu/CMakeLists.txt b/src/yuzu/CMakeLists.txt
index 1fb87fe1f8..ce8d1a6615 100644
--- a/src/yuzu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/yuzu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -361,10 +361,6 @@ target_sources(yuzu
         ${LANGUAGES}
         ${THEMES})
 
-if (ENABLE_OPENSSL)
-    target_link_libraries(yuzu PRIVATE OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
-endif()
-
 if (APPLE)
     # Normal icns
     set(MACOSX_ICON "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/dist/eden.icns")
@@ -458,8 +454,6 @@ if (NOT MSVC AND (APPLE OR NOT YUZU_STATIC_BUILD))
 endif()
 
 # Remember that the linker is incredibly stupid.
-if (YUZU_STATIC_BUILD AND MINGW AND ARCHITECTURE_x86_64 AND ENABLE_OPENSSL)
-    target_link_libraries(yuzu PRIVATE OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
-endif()
+target_link_libraries(yuzu PRIVATE OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
 
 create_target_directory_groups(yuzu)