diff --git a/scripts/libmakepkg/integrity/generate_checksum.sh.in b/scripts/libmakepkg/integrity/generate_checksum.sh.in
index 7a567100..b61f2281 100644
--- a/scripts/libmakepkg/integrity/generate_checksum.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/libmakepkg/integrity/generate_checksum.sh.in
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ generate_one_checksum() {
 				if [[ $netfile != *.@(sig?(n)|asc) ]]; then
 					local file
 					file="$(get_filepath "$netfile")" || missing_source_file "$netfile"
-					sum="$(openssl dgst -${integ} "$file")"
-					sum=${sum##* }
+					sum="$("${integ}sum" "$file")"
+					sum=${sum%% *}
 				else
 					sum="SKIP"
 				fi
@@ -80,11 +80,6 @@ generate_one_checksum() {
 generate_checksums() {
 	msg "$(gettext "Generating checksums for source files...")"
 
-	if ! type -p openssl >/dev/null; then
-		error "$(gettext "Cannot find the %s binary required for generating sourcefile checksums.")" "openssl"
-		exit 1 # $E_MISSING_PROGRAM
-	fi
-
 	local integlist
 	if (( $# == 0 )); then
 		IFS=$'\n' read -rd '' -a integlist < <(get_integlist)
diff --git a/scripts/libmakepkg/integrity/verify_checksum.sh.in b/scripts/libmakepkg/integrity/verify_checksum.sh.in
index 44a2b2e1..5830aff3 100644
--- a/scripts/libmakepkg/integrity/verify_checksum.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/libmakepkg/integrity/verify_checksum.sh.in
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ verify_integrity_one() {
 		return 1
 	fi
 
-	local realsum="$(openssl dgst -${integ} "$file")"
-	realsum="${realsum##* }"
+	local realsum="$("${integ}sum" "$file")"
+	realsum="${realsum%% *}"
 	if [[ ${expectedsum,,} = "$realsum" ]]; then
 		printf '%s\n' "$(gettext "Passed")" >&2
 	else
diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index fd5c2f5b..02398cf8 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 # makepkg uses quite a few external programs during its execution. You
 # need to have at least the following installed for makepkg to function:
 #   awk, bsdtar (libarchive), bzip2, coreutils, fakeroot, file, find (findutils),
-#   gettext, gpg, grep, gzip, openssl, sed, tput (ncurses), xz
+#   gettext, gpg, grep, gzip, sed, tput (ncurses), xz
 
 # gettext initialization
 export TEXTDOMAIN='pacman-scripts'
@@ -658,8 +658,8 @@ write_buildinfo() {
 
 	printf "builddir = %s\n"  "${BUILDDIR}"
 
-	local sum="$(openssl dgst -sha256 "${BUILDFILE}")"
-	sum=${sum##* }
+	local sum="$(sha256sum "${BUILDFILE}")"
+	sum=${sum%% *}
 
 	printf "pkgbuild_sha256sum = %s\n" $sum
 
@@ -1022,12 +1022,18 @@ check_software() {
 		fi
 	fi
 
-	# openssl - checksum operations
-	if (( ! SKIPCHECKSUMS )); then
-		if ! type -p openssl >/dev/null; then
-			error "$(gettext "Cannot find the %s binary required for validating source file checksums.")" "openssl"
-			ret=1
-		fi
+	# checksum operations
+	if (( GENINTEG || ! SKIPCHECKSUMS )); then
+		local integlist
+		IFS=$'\n' read -rd '' -a integlist < <(get_integlist)
+
+		local integ
+		for integ in "${integlist[@]}"; do
+			if ! type -p "${integ}sum" >/dev/null; then
+				error "$(gettext "Cannot find the %s binary required for source file checksums operations.")" "${integ}sum"
+				ret=1
+			fi
+		done
 	fi
 
 	# distcc - compilation with distcc
diff --git a/scripts/repo-add.sh.in b/scripts/repo-add.sh.in
index 4da2c317..a543611c 100644
--- a/scripts/repo-add.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/repo-add.sh.in
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ db_write_delta() {
 		echo -e "%DELTAS%" >"$deltas"
 	fi
 	# get md5sum and compressed size of package
-	md5sum=$(openssl dgst -md5 "$deltafile")
-	md5sum=${md5sum##* }
+	md5sum=$(md5sum "$deltafile")
+	md5sum=${md5sum%% *}
 	csize=$(@SIZECMD@ -L "$deltafile")
 
 	oldfile=$(xdelta3 printhdr "$deltafile" | grep "XDELTA filename (source)" | sed 's/.*: *//')
@@ -374,17 +374,17 @@ db_write_entry() {
 			return 1
 		fi
 		msg2 "$(gettext "Adding package signature...")"
-		pgpsig=$(openssl base64 -in "$pkgfile.sig" | tr -d '\n')
+		pgpsig=$(base64 "$pkgfile.sig" | tr -d '\n')
 	fi
 
 	csize=$(@SIZECMD@ -L "$pkgfile")
 
 	# compute checksums
 	msg2 "$(gettext "Computing checksums...")"
-	md5sum=$(openssl dgst -md5 "$pkgfile")
-	md5sum=${md5sum##* }
-	sha256sum=$(openssl dgst -sha256 "$pkgfile")
-	sha256sum=${sha256sum##* }
+	md5sum=$(md5sum "$pkgfile")
+	md5sum=${md5sum%% *}
+	sha256sum=$(sha256sum "$pkgfile")
+	sha256sum=${sha256sum%% *}
 
 	# remove an existing entry if it exists, ignore failures
 	db_remove_entry "$pkgname"
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ elephant() {
 		                 "ZL9JFFZeAa0a2+lKjL2anpYfV+0Zx9LJ+/MC8nRayuDlSNy2rfAPibOzsiWHL0jL" \
 		                 "SsjFAQAA"
 		;;
-	esac | openssl base64 -d | gzip -d
+	esac | base64 -d | gzip -d
 }
 
 prepare_repo_db() {