diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 063015ac36bd17bcee0661003f13fae349abbde2..1f4ee9a1576674b4a3151c992e275ba177506218 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ message(STATUS "Build directory ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
 include(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conanbuildinfo.cmake)
 conan_basic_setup()
 
+# fix grpc - remove unsecure (no-op ssl implementations)
+string(REGEX REPLACE "grpc\\+?\\+?_unsecure" "" CONAN_LIBS_GRPC
+    "${CONAN_LIBS_GRPC}")
+string(REGEX REPLACE "grpc\\+?\\+?_unsecure" "" CONAN_PKG_LIBS_GRPC
+    "${CONAN_PKG_LIBS_GRPC}")
+string(REGEX REPLACE "grpc\\+?\\+?_unsecure" "" CONAN_LIBS
+    "${CONAN_LIBS}")
+string(REGEX REPLACE "grpc\\+?\\+?_unsecure" "" CONAN_PKG_LIBS
+    "${CONAN_PKG_LIBS}")
+
 ###########################################
 ### GENERAL SETUP of SOURCES
 ###########################################