diff --git a/liblib/CMakeLists.txt b/liblib/CMakeLists.txt
index 5b578f7..0731460 100644
--- a/liblib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/liblib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ ENDIF()
 
 SET(TLL_LIBS "")
 
-SET(TLL_LIBS ${TLL_LIBS} ${HAVE_LIBM} ZLIB::ZLIB)
+SET(TLL_LIBS ${TLL_LIBS} ${HAVE_LIBM})
 
 # Add extra dependencies specified via NC_EXTRA_DEPS
 SET(TLL_LIBS ${TLL_LIBS} ${EXTRA_DEPS})