diff --git a/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.c b/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.c
index 6bb66347..79c522ef 100644
--- a/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.c
+++ b/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.c
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
 
 #define NOISELENGTH 32
 
-static const int g_compressionLevel_default = 3;
 static const U32 g_selectivity_default = 9;
 
 
@@ -706,7 +705,7 @@ static void ZDICT_flatLit(unsigned* countLit)
 
 #define OFFCODE_MAX 30  /* only applicable to first block */
 static size_t ZDICT_analyzeEntropy(void*  dstBuffer, size_t maxDstSize,
-                                   unsigned compressionLevel,
+                                   int compressionLevel,
                              const void*  srcBuffer, const size_t* fileSizes, unsigned nbFiles,
                              const void* dictBuffer, size_t  dictBufferSize,
                                    unsigned notificationLevel)
@@ -741,7 +740,7 @@ static size_t ZDICT_analyzeEntropy(void*  dstBuffer, size_t maxDstSize,
     memset(repOffset, 0, sizeof(repOffset));
     repOffset[1] = repOffset[4] = repOffset[8] = 1;
     memset(bestRepOffset, 0, sizeof(bestRepOffset));
-    if (compressionLevel==0) compressionLevel = g_compressionLevel_default;
+    if (compressionLevel==0) compressionLevel = ZSTD_CLEVEL_DEFAULT;
     params = ZSTD_getParams(compressionLevel, averageSampleSize, dictBufferSize);
 
     esr.dict = ZSTD_createCDict_advanced(dictBuffer, dictBufferSize, ZSTD_dlm_byRef, ZSTD_dct_rawContent, params.cParams, ZSTD_defaultCMem);
@@ -893,7 +892,7 @@ size_t ZDICT_finalizeDictionary(void* dictBuffer, size_t dictBufferCapacity,
     size_t hSize;
 #define HBUFFSIZE 256   /* should prove large enough for all entropy headers */
     BYTE header[HBUFFSIZE];
-    int const compressionLevel = (params.compressionLevel == 0) ? g_compressionLevel_default : params.compressionLevel;
+    int const compressionLevel = (params.compressionLevel == 0) ? ZSTD_CLEVEL_DEFAULT : params.compressionLevel;
     U32 const notificationLevel = params.notificationLevel;
 
     /* check conditions */
@@ -939,7 +938,7 @@ static size_t ZDICT_addEntropyTablesFromBuffer_advanced(
         const void* samplesBuffer, const size_t* samplesSizes, unsigned nbSamples,
         ZDICT_params_t params)
 {
-    int const compressionLevel = (params.compressionLevel == 0) ? g_compressionLevel_default : params.compressionLevel;
+    int const compressionLevel = (params.compressionLevel == 0) ? ZSTD_CLEVEL_DEFAULT : params.compressionLevel;
     U32 const notificationLevel = params.notificationLevel;
     size_t hSize = 8;
 
@@ -1114,8 +1113,8 @@ size_t ZDICT_trainFromBuffer(void* dictBuffer, size_t dictBufferCapacity,
     memset(&params, 0, sizeof(params));
     params.d = 8;
     params.steps = 4;
-    /* Default to level 6 since no compression level information is available */
-    params.zParams.compressionLevel = 3;
+    /* Use default level since no compression level information is available */
+    params.zParams.compressionLevel = ZSTD_CLEVEL_DEFAULT;
 #if defined(DEBUGLEVEL) && (DEBUGLEVEL>=1)
     params.zParams.notificationLevel = DEBUGLEVEL;
 #endif