diff --git a/mingw-w64-emacs-git/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-emacs-git/PKGBUILD
index 0e47a9b798..9933678677 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-emacs-git/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-emacs-git/PKGBUILD
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ conflicts=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}")
 depends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-ctags"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-dbus"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gnutls"
+	 "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-zlib"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-imagemagick"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-winpthreads")
 optdepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-giflib"
@@ -23,8 +24,7 @@ optdepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-giflib"
             "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-librsvg"
             "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-libtiff"
             "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-libxml2"
-            "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-xpm-nox"
-            "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-zlib")
+            "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-xpm-nox")
 makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gcc"
              "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-pkg-config"
              "patch"
diff --git a/mingw-w64-emacs/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-emacs/PKGBUILD
index 6981a747fb..7ff1dc4c04 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-emacs/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-emacs/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ url="https://www.gnu.org/software/${_realname}/"
 license=('GPL3')
 arch=('any')
 depends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-ctags"
+	 "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-zlib"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-dbus"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gnutls"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-imagemagick"
@@ -21,8 +22,7 @@ optdepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-giflib"
             "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-librsvg"
             "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-libtiff"
             "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-libxml2"
-            "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-xpm-nox"
-            "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-zlib")
+            "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-xpm-nox")
 makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gcc"
              "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-pkg-config"
              "patch")