diff --git a/tools/install_prereqs.sh b/tools/install_prereqs.sh
index 933491081c..6189085e9e 100755
--- a/tools/install_prereqs.sh
+++ b/tools/install_prereqs.sh
@@ -89,17 +89,10 @@ else
 fi
 
 if is_suse; then
-    # novnc has an extraneous dependency on pyOpenSSL, which causes symbol conflicts
-    # in the bundled libssl of python-cryptography. when both are loaded into the same
-    # process, they start hanging or segfaulting.
-    install_package novnc
-    # deinstall the extra but irrelevant dependencies
-    sudo rpm -e --nodeps python-cffi python-cryptography python-pyOpenSSL
-    # reinstall cffi which got overwriten by the package.
-    sudo pip install -I cffi
     # now reinstall cryptography from source, in order to rebuilt it against the
     # system libssl rather than the bundled openSSL 1.1, which segfaults when combined
-    # with the system provided (which libpython links against) openSSL 1.0
+    # with a system provided openSSL 1.0
+    # see https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/issues/3804 and followup issues
     sudo pip install cryptography --no-binary :all:
 fi