diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index fd42e43b0..6c6cc0b3f 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -320,11 +320,6 @@ if curl_dep.found()
     include_directories: inc,
     dependencies: [
       curl_dep,
-
-      # Explicitly linking with zlib here works around a linker
-      # failure on Windows, because our Windows CURL build is
-      # statically linked and thus declares no dependency on zlib
-      zlib_dep,
     ],
   )