diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1c70c871f..921de8e75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ jobs:
         toolchain: stable
         target: ${{ matrix.target }}
     - name: Build release binary
-      run: cargo build --target ${{ matrix.target }} --verbose --release
-    - name: (re-)Build release binary with vendored OpenSSL
-      if: matrix.os != 'ubuntu-20.04' && matrix.os != 'macos-11'
       run: cargo build --target ${{ matrix.target }} --verbose --release --features vendored-openssl
     - name: Build archive
       shell: bash