diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 0d4a140f..6467e61e 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -487,7 +487,6 @@ override_dh_auto_configure: preconfigure
 	-DLLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES="$(RUNTIMES_LIST)" \
 	-DLLVM_ENABLE_PIC=ON \
 	-DLLVM_ENABLE_RTTI=ON \
-	-DLVVM_ENABLE_ZLIB=OFF \
 	-DLLVM_BUILD_DOCS=OFF \
 	-DLLVM_INCLUDE_GO_TESTS=OFF \
 	-DLLVM_USE_RELATIVE_PATHS_IN_FILES=ON \