--- configure.curl	Mon Jun 24 17:23:46 2002
+++ configure	Mon Jun 24 17:24:10 2002
@@ -9868,8 +9868,10 @@
     EXTRA_SSL= ;;
   *)
         EXTRA_SSL=$OPT_SSL
+    if [ ! "$EXTRA_SSL" = "/usr" ]; then
     LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$EXTRA_SSL/lib"
     CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$EXTRA_SSL/include/openssl -I$EXTRA_SSL/include"
+    fi
     ;;
   esac