diff --git a/external/crashpad/handler/CMakeLists.txt b/external/crashpad/handler/CMakeLists.txt
index be0e544..b0d44af 100644
--- a/external/crashpad/handler/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/crashpad/handler/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ if(NOT IOS)
         main.cc
     )
 
-    if(LINUX)
+    if(LINUX AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
         target_sources(crashpad_handler PRIVATE
             ../client/pthread_create_linux.cc
         )
diff --git a/sentry-config.cmake.in b/sentry-config.cmake.in
index 8840f5d..af3e84c 100644
--- a/sentry-config.cmake.in
+++ b/sentry-config.cmake.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ set(SENTRY_LINK_PTHREAD @SENTRY_LINK_PTHREAD@)
 
 if(SENTRY_BACKEND STREQUAL "crashpad" AND NOT SENTRY_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 	include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/sentry_crashpad-targets.cmake")
-	if(NOT MSVC AND NOT SENTRY_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+	if(NOT SENTRY_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 		find_dependency(ZLIB)
 	endif()
 endif()