diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/67901-get_certificate-fix-cryptography.yml b/changelogs/fragments/67901-get_certificate-fix-cryptography.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..09f4c56a818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/67901-get_certificate-fix-cryptography.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- get_certificate - Fix cryptography backend when pyopenssl is unavailable (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67900)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/get_certificate.py b/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/get_certificate.py
index 3aed838d681..29b5c7ff01c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/get_certificate.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/get_certificate.py
@@ -258,9 +258,6 @@ def main():
         changed=False,
     )
 
-    if not PYOPENSSL_FOUND:
-        module.fail_json(msg=missing_required_lib('pyOpenSSL >= 0.15'), exception=PYOPENSSL_IMP_ERR)
-
     if timeout:
         setdefaulttimeout(timeout)