diff --git a/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py b/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py
index 7bf43f84ca7b8bf4738edb76b04f626b047c10e1..195d7fc1f4be2d6497838f1e03066d2071231b52 100644
--- a/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py
+++ b/buildout/tests/assertSoftware.py
@@ -1041,7 +1041,6 @@ class AssertApache(AssertSoftwareMixin):
       'libdl',
       'libpthread',
       'libssl',
-      'libz',
       ], self.apache_rpath)
 
   def test_ld_module_mod_status(self):