httpd binary has a dependency on libssl.so

Hello,

I've built Apache 2.0.45 with mod_ssl DSO and OpenSSL 0.9.7a on Linux,
Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX. On all those platforms I notice that the httpd
binary has a dependency on libssl.so, which is a bit of a surprise, since
it's mod_ssl that should have that dependency, not the Apache executable
itself. This means that even when mod_ssl is not loaded, is loaded anyway.
Is this really the case, or am I missing something?

My builds of Apache were usually configured something like:

CC="my_cc" CFLAGS="my flags" ./configure --prefix=my/install/dir
--enable-ssl=shared --with-mpm=worker

Thanks!
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