diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index a0907cb3c..78133a341 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ endif()
 add_subdirectory(sirit)
 
 # httplib
-if (ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE AND NOT TARGET httplib::httplib)
+if (NOT TARGET httplib::httplib)
     set(HTTPLIB_REQUIRE_OPENSSL ON)
     add_subdirectory(cpp-httplib)
 endif()