diff --git a/inc_vars.php b/inc_vars.php
index e76ddc2eb09b4f78b6679c7ae5210fd2d78fb414..4e7d87ce9bd2a3695f5b27533b6ef8ebc45a1d73 100644
--- a/inc_vars.php
+++ b/inc_vars.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 $php_version="8.3";
 
 // extensions - see https://static-php.dev/en/guide/extensions.html
-$php_libs="mysqli,openssl,pdo,pdo_mysql,pdo_pgsql,pdo_sqlite,sockets,zlib";
+$php_libs="mysqli,openssl,pdo,pdo_mysql,pdo_pgsql,pdo_sqlite,sockets";
 
 $myos=strtolower(PHP_OS);
 $myarchitecture="x86_64";