diff --git a/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter-1.1.4.ebuild b/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter-1.1.4.ebuild
index 6e292b3c65..d6367c6545 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter-1.1.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter-1.1.4.ebuild
@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/archive/RELEASE_${PV}.tar.gz
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-IUSE="minizip openssl static-libs"
+IUSE="openssl static-libs"
 S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-RELEASE_${PV}"
 
 DEPEND="
-	sys-libs/zlib
-	minizip? ( sys-libs/zlib[minizip] )
+	sys-libs/zlib[minizip]
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ src_configure() {
 	done
 	local mycmakeargs=(
 		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-		-DUSE_SYSTEM_MINIZIP="$(usex minizip ON OFF)"
 		-DUSE_OPENSSL_MD5="$(usex openssl ON OFF)"
 		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS="$(usex static-libs ON OFF)"
 		-DUSE_DTOA_LIBRARY=${DOUBLEFUNCTION}
diff --git a/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/metadata.xml
index 8b590b8c79..4fe787afb1 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/metadata.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 		<name>Dex Conner</name>
 	</maintainer>
 	<use>
-		<flag name='minizip'>Use system minizip library</flag>
 		<flag name='openssl'>Use <pkg>dev-libs/openssl</pkg> for MD5 digest</flag>
 	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>