diff --git a/templates/pciutils/template b/templates/pciutils/template
index df23908c4e..905d0e3655 100644
--- a/templates/pciutils/template
+++ b/templates/pciutils/template
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ long_desc="
  setting devices connected to the PCI bus."
 
 Add_dependency full glibc
-Add_dependency full zlib
 Add_dependency build wget
 Add_dependency build which
 
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ do_install()
 	sed -i -e 's/^OPT=.*/OPT=-O2 -pipe -fPIC -DPIC/g' Makefile
 	./update-pciids.sh
 
-	make ZLIB=yes SHARED=yes DNS=no PREFIX=/usr SHAREDIR=/usr/share/hwdata \
+	make ZLIB=no SHARED=yes DNS=no PREFIX=/usr SHAREDIR=/usr/share/hwdata \
 		MANDIR=/usr/share/man all || exit 1
 	make PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} SHAREDIR=/usr/share/hwdata \
 		MANDIR=/usr/share/man install install-lib || exit 1