diff --git a/ports/openssl-unix/CONTROL b/ports/openssl-unix/CONTROL
index 01fa5f3f6e8711..da781ab02feb08 100644
--- a/ports/openssl-unix/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/openssl-unix/CONTROL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Source: openssl-unix
 Version: 1.1.1g
-Port-Version: 1
+Port-Version: 2
 Description: OpenSSL is an open source project that provides a robust, commercial-grade, and full-featured toolkit for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols. It is also a general-purpose cryptography library.
 Supports: !(windows|uwp)
diff --git a/ports/openssl-unix/portfile.cmake b/ports/openssl-unix/portfile.cmake
index 5dd28a6f2c77fd..b3bdf72cdd3e92 100644
--- a/ports/openssl-unix/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/openssl-unix/portfile.cmake
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ if (NOT VCPKG_TARGET_IS_MINGW)
 endif()
 
 if(EXISTS "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/include/openssl/ssl.h")
-  message(WARNING "Can't build openssl if libressl is installed. Please remove libressl, and try install openssl again if you need it. Build will continue but there might be problems since libressl is only a subset of openssl")
-  set(VCPKG_POLICY_EMPTY_PACKAGE enabled)
-  return()
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "Can't build openssl if libressl/boringssl is installed. Please remove libressl/boringssl, and try install openssl again if you need it.")
 endif()
 
 
diff --git a/ports/openssl-uwp/CONTROL b/ports/openssl-uwp/CONTROL
index ccb3fb1e9dcd42..d82bb645523464 100644
--- a/ports/openssl-uwp/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/openssl-uwp/CONTROL
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Source: openssl-uwp
 Version: 1.1.1g
+Port-Version: 1
 Description: OpenSSL is an open source project that provides a robust, commercial-grade, and full-featured toolkit for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols. It is also a general-purpose cryptography library.
 Supports: uwp
diff --git a/ports/openssl-uwp/portfile.cmake b/ports/openssl-uwp/portfile.cmake
index d8e2301de9f0b5..e601742aa9f6a9 100644
--- a/ports/openssl-uwp/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/openssl-uwp/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 vcpkg_fail_port_install(MESSAGE "${PORT} is only for Windows Universal Platform" ON_TARGET "Linux" "OSX")
 
 if(EXISTS "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/include/openssl/ssl.h")
-  message(WARNING "Can't build openssl if libressl is installed. Please remove libressl, and try install openssl again if you need it. Build will continue but there might be problems since libressl is only a subset of openssl")
-  set(VCPKG_POLICY_EMPTY_PACKAGE enabled)
-  return()
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "Can't build openssl if libressl/boringssl is installed. Please remove libressl/boringssl, and try install openssl again if you need it.")
 endif()
 
 vcpkg_check_linkage(ONLY_DYNAMIC_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/ports/openssl-windows/portfile.cmake b/ports/openssl-windows/portfile.cmake
index a4735d1fce9ee4..44de5156997d31 100644
--- a/ports/openssl-windows/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/openssl-windows/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 vcpkg_fail_port_install(MESSAGE "${PORT} is only for Windows Desktop" ON_TARGET "UWP" "Linux" "OSX")
 
 if(EXISTS "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/include/openssl/ssl.h")
-    message(WARNING "Can't build openssl if libressl is installed. Please remove libressl, and try install openssl again if you need it. Build will continue but there might be problems since libressl is only a subset of openssl")
-    set(VCPKG_POLICY_EMPTY_PACKAGE enabled)
-    return()
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "Can't build openssl if libressl/boringssl is installed. Please remove libressl/boringssl, and try install openssl again if you need it.")
 endif()
 
 vcpkg_find_acquire_program(PERL)
diff --git a/ports/openssl/CONTROL b/ports/openssl/CONTROL
index 4591141bf8f5ac..d643a3c2949957 100644
--- a/ports/openssl/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/openssl/CONTROL
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Source: openssl
 Version: 1.1.1g
+Port-Version: 1
 Homepage: https://www.openssl.org
 Description: OpenSSL is an open source project that provides a robust, commercial-grade, and full-featured toolkit for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols. It is also a general-purpose cryptography library.
 Build-Depends: openssl-windows (!uwp&windows), openssl-uwp (uwp), openssl-unix (!uwp&!windows)