diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2192e4b49..8b95f04b6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ include_directories(BEFORE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/)
 include_directories(SYSTEM ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/generated/include/)
 include_directories(SYSTEM ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/third_party/sol2/include)
 
-set(BOOST_COMPONENTS system date_time iostreams program_options thread unit_test_framework)
+set(BOOST_COMPONENTS system date_time iostreams program_options thread unit_test_framework zlib)
 
 configure_file(
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/util/version.hpp.in
@@ -351,11 +351,9 @@ find_package(TBB REQUIRED)
 find_package(EXPAT REQUIRED)
 find_package(BZip2 REQUIRED)
 find_package(Lua 5.2 REQUIRED)
-find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
 
 if (ENABLE_CONAN)
   add_dependency_includes(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-  set(BOOST_LIBRARIES ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
   add_dependency_includes(${TBB_INCLUDE_DIR})
   set(TBB_LIBRARIES ${TBB_LIBRARIES})
 
diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index 93af4c4fa..e653d7427 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ class OsrmConan(ConanFile):
         "expat/2.6.2",
         "lua/5.4.6",
         "onetbb/2021.12.0",
-        "zlib/1.3.1"
     )
     generators = "CMakeDeps"
 
+
     def configure(self):
         self.options["boost"].without_python = True
         self.options["boost"].without_coroutine = True