diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/Dockerfile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/Dockerfile
index bcebd4b59..7ae8a7cb9 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/Dockerfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ RUN apk update \
   # Pillow dependencies
   && apk add jpeg-dev zlib-dev freetype-dev lcms2-dev openjpeg-dev tiff-dev tk-dev tcl-dev \
   # CFFI dependencies
-  && apk add libffi-dev openssl-dev py-cffi
+  && apk add libffi-dev py-cffi
 
 RUN addgroup -S django \
     && adduser -S -G django django