diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-extended/networking/sslh_git.bb b/meta-google/recipes-extended/networking/sslh_git.bb
index b683571..5a7a9b1 100644
--- a/meta-google/recipes-extended/networking/sslh_git.bb
+++ b/meta-google/recipes-extended/networking/sslh_git.bb
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 SRCREV = "517e4ad5b4d57dae396790882bd4629947be1632"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-inherit perlnative
-
-DEPENDS += "conf2struct-native"
 DEPENDS += "libbsd"
 DEPENDS += "libcap"
 DEPENDS += "libconfig"
@@ -22,10 +19,16 @@
 EXTRA_OEMAKE += "USELIBBSD=1"
 EXTRA_OEMAKE += "USESYSTEMD=1"
 
+do_patch() {
+  # Workaround timestamps of the source being later than the generated,
+  # vendored output files. This non-determinism sometimes causes failures.
+  sed -i '/conf2struct/d' ${S}/Makefile
+}
+
 do_compile() {
-    oe_runmake
+  oe_runmake
 }
 
 do_install() {
-    oe_runmake install
+  oe_runmake install
 }