diff --git a/cpp/Brewfile b/cpp/Brewfile
index 4b796db9e1b..c6588873d32 100644
--- a/cpp/Brewfile
+++ b/cpp/Brewfile
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ brew "python"
 brew "rapidjson"
 brew "re2"
 brew "snappy"
-brew "openssl"
 brew "thrift"
 brew "wget"
 brew "zstd"