--- Modules/Setup.dist
+++ Modules/Setup.dist
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
 # Andrew Kuchling's zlib module.
 # This require zlib 1.1.3 (or later).
 # See http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
-#zlib zlibmodule.c -I$(prefix)/include -L$(exec_prefix)/lib -lz
+zlib zlibmodule.c -lz
 
 # Interface to the Expat XML parser
 # More information on Expat can be found at www.libexpat.org.