diff --git a/legacy/eet/configure.ac b/legacy/eet/configure.ac
index ebcf1be0bb..4f91427c66 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/eet/configure.ac
@@ -389,10 +389,7 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to activate signature support in eet])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([${have_signature}])
 
 # libjpeg and zlib
-EFL_CHECK_LIBS([eet], [libjpeg])
-AC_CHECK_HEADER([zlib.h],
-   [dummy="yes"],
-   [AC_MSG_ERROR("Cannot find zlib.h. Make sure your CFLAGS environment variable contains include lines for the location of this file")])
+EFL_CHECK_LIBS([eet], [libjpeg zlib])
 
 # Eina library
 
diff --git a/legacy/eet/m4/efl_check_libs.m4 b/legacy/eet/m4/efl_check_libs.m4
index ea2fc8e793..b1c37894b6 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/m4/efl_check_libs.m4
+++ b/legacy/eet/m4/efl_check_libs.m4
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([zlib],
     requirements_pc_[]m4_defn([DOWNEFL])="${requirements_pc_[]m4_defn([DOWNEFL])} zlib"
    ],
    [
-    AC_MSG_ERROR(["Cannot find zlib.PC. Make sure your PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable contains include lines for the location of this file"])
     _efl_have_lib="no"
    ])
 
@@ -117,4 +116,4 @@ dnl EFL_CHECK_LIBS(EFL, LIBRARIES)
 AC_DEFUN([EFL_CHECK_LIBS],
 [
 m4_foreach_w([lib], [$2], [EFL_CHECK_LIB($1, m4_defn([lib]))])
-])
\ No newline at end of file
+])