diff --git a/src/libstore/local.mk b/src/libstore/local.mk
index 2fc334a82..44316f542 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local.mk
+++ b/src/libstore/local.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ libstore_SOURCES := $(wildcard $(d)/*.cc $(d)/builtins/*.cc $(d)/build/*.cc)
 
 libstore_LIBS = libutil
 
-libstore_LDFLAGS = $(SQLITE3_LIBS) -lbz2 $(LIBCURL_LIBS) $(SODIUM_LIBS) -pthread
+libstore_LDFLAGS = $(SQLITE3_LIBS) $(LIBCURL_LIBS) $(SODIUM_LIBS) -pthread
 ifdef HOST_LINUX
  libstore_LDFLAGS += -ldl
 endif
diff --git a/src/libutil/compression.cc b/src/libutil/compression.cc
index 7e725cae1..d26f68fde 100644
--- a/src/libutil/compression.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/compression.cc
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 #include <brotli/decode.h>
 #include <brotli/encode.h>
 
-#include <zlib.h>
-
 #include <iostream>
 
 namespace nix {