diff --git a/3rdparty/qtiocompressor/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdparty/qtiocompressor/CMakeLists.txt
index e908baabf..98d6445f8 100644
--- a/3rdparty/qtiocompressor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdparty/qtiocompressor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ ADD_LIBRARY(qtiocompressor STATIC
     ${IOCOMPRESSOR-SOURCES-MOC}
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(qtiocompressor Qt5::Core)
+target_link_libraries(qtiocompressor Qt5::Core ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index eb50b239f..8a843ae32 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -76,9 +76,7 @@ pkg_check_modules(LIBPULSE libpulse)
 pkg_check_modules(LIBXML libxml-2.0)
 pkg_check_modules(TAGLIB taglib)
 
-if (WIN32)
-  find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
-endif (WIN32)
+find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
 
 find_library(LASTFM5_LIBRARIES lastfm5)
 find_path(LASTFM5_INCLUDE_DIRS lastfm5/ws.h)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 9609171ff..ead2df889 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1268,7 +1268,6 @@ target_link_libraries(clementine_lib
   ${SQLITE_LIBRARIES}
 
   Qocoa
-  z
 )
 
 link_directories(
@@ -1351,7 +1350,6 @@ target_link_libraries(clementine_lib qsqlite)
 if (WIN32)
   target_link_libraries(clementine_lib
     protobuf
-    ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}
     tinysvcmdns
     dsound
   )