diff --git a/recipes/libs/zlib/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/zlib/recipe.toml
index 8e9a8709f..fe1fc8390 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/zlib/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/zlib/recipe.toml
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ blake3 = "ec1abc6f672a7a6ee6f49ba544cc9529f73121b478310473be44fee22a140ebf"
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 script = """
-    export LDFLAGS="--static"
+    DYNAMIC_INIT
     # See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21396988/zlib-build-not-configuring-properly-with-cross-compiler-ignores-ar.
-    CHOST="${TARGET}" "${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE}" \
-        --prefix="" \
-        --static
+    CHOST="${TARGET}" "${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE}" --prefix=""
     "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" -j "$(nproc)"
     "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" install DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"
 """
+