diff --git a/curl.sh b/curl.sh
index 0de000f40b..5d2788f527 100644
--- a/curl.sh
+++ b/curl.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ build_requires:
   - "OpenSSL:(?!osx)"
   - CMake
   - alibuild-recipe-tools
+prefer_system: .*
+prefer_system_check: |
+  exit 0;
 ---
 #!/bin/bash -e