diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e27d9d69f119af88e859ad8e7cbf9115c0663263..1850b271c9bad79fdd00456d665bcbf21eebadda 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ option(USE_BUNDLED_OPENSSL "Use the bundled version of OpenSSL."
 	${HUNTER_ENABLED})
 option(USE_BUNDLED_SODIUM "Use the bundled version of libsodium."
 	${HUNTER_ENABLED})
-option(USE_BUNDLED_ZLIB "Use the bundled version of zlib."
-	${HUNTER_ENABLED})
 
 if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.12)
 project(matrix_client
@@ -93,16 +91,6 @@ set_package_properties(OpenSSL PROPERTIES
 	TYPE REQUIRED
 	)
 
-if(USE_BUNDLED_ZLIB)
-	hunter_add_package(ZLIB)
-endif()
-find_package(ZLIB)
-set_package_properties(ZLIB PROPERTIES
-	DESCRIPTION "A free compression library unencumbered by patents"
-	URL "https://www.zlib.net/"
-	TYPE REQUIRED
-	)
-
 if(USE_BUNDLED_OLM)
 	include(FetchContent)
 	FetchContent_Declare(
@@ -227,7 +215,6 @@ target_link_libraries(matrix_client
 	OpenSSL::Crypto
 	OpenSSL::SSL
 	Olm::Olm
-	ZLIB::ZLIB
 	nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
 
 # NOTE(Nico): I can't figure out for the life of me, how to export that target