diff --git a/src/syncterm/COMPILING b/src/syncterm/COMPILING
index 69fe6dc654a582472b9aae2e898957c016a918a6..86d9b8d8df14b2d0e9d333bf910ad5fb99fe4f73 100644
--- a/src/syncterm/COMPILING
+++ b/src/syncterm/COMPILING
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Refer to src/build/Common.gmake or src/build/Common.bmake for details of some
 of the make options the build system supports.
 
 Release builds for Mac OS X use the following command line:
-make USE_SDL_AUDIO=1 STATIC_SDL=1 STATIC_CRYPTLIB=1 RELEASE=1 PREFIX=/usr
+make USE_SDL_AUDIO=1 STATIC_SDL=1 RELEASE=1 PREFIX=/usr
 
 The package is generated and copied do a disk image which is then converted
 with the following command: