Index: Mk/Uses/cargo.mk
===================================================================
--- Mk/Uses/cargo.mk
+++ Mk/Uses/cargo.mk
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@
 .include "${USESDIR}/ssl.mk"
 CARGO_ENV+=	OPENSSL_LIB_DIR=${OPENSSLLIB} \
 		OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR=${OPENSSLINC}
+# Silence bogus QA warning about needing USES=ssl
+QA_ENV+=	USESSSL=yes
 .endif
 
 .if ${CARGO_CRATES:Mpkg-config-[0-9]*}
Index: databases/puppetdb-cli/Makefile
===================================================================
--- databases/puppetdb-cli/Makefile
+++ databases/puppetdb-cli/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 BROKEN_SSL_REASON_libressl-devel=	Needs an old version of OpenSSL (older than 1.1)
 BROKEN_SSL_REASON_openssl111=		Needs an older version of OpenSSL (older than 1.1)
 
-USES=		cargo perl5 ssl
+USES=		cargo perl5
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_PERL5=	build
 
Index: devel/interactive_rebase_tool/Makefile
===================================================================
--- devel/interactive_rebase_tool/Makefile
+++ devel/interactive_rebase_tool/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 LICENSE=	ISCL
 
-USES=		cargo ssl ncurses
+USES=		cargo ncurses
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	MitMaro
 GH_PROJECT=	git-interactive-rebase-tool