diff --git a/archiver/zlib/zlib.conf b/archiver/zlib/zlib.conf
index 44f5e529b..a18545fc5 100644
--- a/archiver/zlib/zlib.conf
+++ b/archiver/zlib/zlib.conf
@@ -14,20 +14,10 @@
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
-prefix=
-set_confopt
-
-zlib_pm() {
-	# create a static version
-	make libz.a
-	cp -v libz.a $root/$libdir
-	cp -v doc/algorithm.txt $root/$docdir
-}
-
-if [ "$SDECFG_STATIC" = "0" ] ; then
-	var_insert confopt " " "--shared"
-	hook_add postmake 3 "zlib_pm"
+if [ "$SDECFG_STATIC" = "1" ] ; then
+	var_insert confopt " " "--static"
 fi
 
-var_append makeinstopt " " "prefix=/$prefix"
-var_append makeinstopt " " "mandir=$root$mandir"
+var_append extraconfopt ' ' "--sharedlibdir=/lib"
+
+makeinstopt="install DESTDIR=$root"