diff --git a/source/lib/external_libraries/zlib.h b/source/lib/external_libraries/zlib.h
index 5cfdc31b86..b0442e1fed 100644
--- a/source/lib/external_libraries/zlib.h
+++ b/source/lib/external_libraries/zlib.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2010 Wildfire Games.
+/* Copyright (C) 2025 Wildfire Games.
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
  * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
@@ -42,13 +42,4 @@
 
 #include <zlib.h>
 
-// automatically link against the required library
-#if MSC_VERSION
-# ifdef NDEBUG
-#  pragma comment(lib, "zlib1.lib")
-# else
-#  pragma comment(lib, "zlib1d.lib")
-# endif
-#endif
-
 #endif	// #ifndef INCLUDED_ZLIB