diff --git a/Engine/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/Engine/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 6292ec32b..2e5fdcae0 100644
--- a/Engine/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Engine/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ mark_as_advanced(ASSIMP_PACKAGE_VERSION)
 mark_as_advanced(ASSIMP_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
 add_subdirectory(assimp ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/temp/assimp EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 target_compile_definitions(assimp PUBLIC ASSIMP_BUILD_NO_OWN_ZLIB)
-target_link_libraries(assimp PUBLIC zlib)
 if (TORQUE_CPU_ARM32 OR TORQUE_CPU_ARM64)
 	set(PNG_ARM_NEON on CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 endif (TORQUE_CPU_ARM32 OR TORQUE_CPU_ARM64)