diff --git a/Auxiliary/DirectXTexEXR.cpp b/Auxiliary/DirectXTexEXR.cpp
index 94fe63e..e74d95b 100644
--- a/Auxiliary/DirectXTexEXR.cpp
+++ b/Auxiliary/DirectXTexEXR.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <tuple>
 
 //
-// Requires the OpenEXR library <http://www.openexr.com/> and ZLIB <http://www.zlib.net>
+// Requires the OpenEXR library <http://www.openexr.com/> and its dependencies.
 //
 
 #ifdef __clang__
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 29a8107..82baba3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -349,7 +349,6 @@ join_paths(DIRECTXTEX_LIBDIR_FOR_PKG_CONFIG "\${prefix}"     "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LI
 set(DIRECTXTEX_DEP_L "")
 if(ENABLE_OPENEXR_SUPPORT)
   list(APPEND DIRECTXTEX_DEP_L "OpenEXR")
-  list(APPEND DIRECTXTEX_DEP_L "zlib")
 endif()
 if(directxmath_FOUND)
   list(APPEND DIRECTXTEX_DEP_L "DirectXMath")