diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/gst1-plugins-good.mk b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/gst1-plugins-good.mk
index 61ffc7b989..de7dcb985d 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/gst1-plugins-good.mk
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/gst1-plugins-good.mk
@@ -480,10 +480,6 @@ else
 GST1_PLUGINS_GOOD_CONF_OPTS += -Dwavpack=disabled
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_GOOD_ZLIB),y)
-GST1_PLUGINS_GOOD_DEPENDENCIES += zlib
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_GOOD_BZ2),y)
 GST1_PLUGINS_GOOD_CONF_OPTS += -Dbz2=enabled
 GST1_PLUGINS_GOOD_DEPENDENCIES += bzip2