diff --git a/programs/Makefile b/programs/Makefile
index b189224f..8257e394 100644
--- a/programs/Makefile
+++ b/programs/Makefile
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ VOID = /dev/null
 HAVE_ZLIB := $(shell echo -e "\#include <zlib.h>\nint main(){}" | $(CC) -o have_zlib -x c - -lz 2> $(VOID) && echo 1 || echo 0)
 ifeq ($(HAVE_ZLIB), 1)
 TEMP := $(shell rm have_zlib$(EXT))
-endif
-ifeq ($(HAVE_ZLIB), 1)
 ZLIBCPP = -DZSTD_GZDECOMPRESS
 ZLIBLD = -lz
 endif