diff --git a/share/cmake/modules/FindExtPackages.cmake b/share/cmake/modules/FindExtPackages.cmake
index d7dfdc631a..9b06319221 100644
--- a/share/cmake/modules/FindExtPackages.cmake
+++ b/share/cmake/modules/FindExtPackages.cmake
@@ -114,10 +114,6 @@ ocio_handle_dependency(  minizip-ng REQUIRED ALLOW_INSTALL
                          MIN_VERSION 3.0.6
                          RECOMMENDED_VERSION 3.0.7
                          RECOMMENDED_VERSION_REASON "Latest version tested with OCIO")
-#minizip-ng requires zlib headers, so we force the dep.
-if(TARGET ZLIB::ZLIB AND TARGET MINIZIP::minizip-ng)
-add_dependencies(MINIZIP::minizip-ng ZLIB::ZLIB)
-endif()
 
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