diff --git a/package/sconeserver/sconeserver.mk b/package/sconeserver/sconeserver.mk
index c160c8bf7c..6914599a21 100644
--- a/package/sconeserver/sconeserver.mk
+++ b/package/sconeserver/sconeserver.mk
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 SCONESERVER_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
 SCONESERVER_CONF_OPTS += --with-ssl
-ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
-SCONESERVER_CONF_ENV += SSL_LIBADD=-lz
-endif
 else
 SCONESERVER_CONF_OPTS += --without-ssl
 endif