diff --git a/src/compressor/zstd/CMakeLists.txt b/src/compressor/zstd/CMakeLists.txt
index b53b0d9444..5bf5796da2 100644
--- a/src/compressor/zstd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/compressor/zstd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,34 +1,11 @@
 # zstd
 
-# libzstd - build it statically
-set(ZSTD_C_FLAGS "-fPIC -Wno-unused-variable -O3")
-
-include(ExternalProject)
-ExternalProject_Add(zstd_ext
-  SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/zstd/build/cmake
-  CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
-             -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
-             -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=${ZSTD_C_FLAGS}
-             -DCMAKE_AR=${CMAKE_AR}
-             -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=${ENABLE_SHARED}
-             -G${CMAKE_GENERATOR}
-  BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libzstd
-  BUILD_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build <BINARY_DIR> --target libzstd_static
-  BUILD_BYPRODUCTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libzstd/lib/libzstd.a"
-  INSTALL_COMMAND "true")
-
-add_library(zstd STATIC IMPORTED)
-set_target_properties(zstd PROPERTIES
-  INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/zstd/lib"
-  IMPORTED_LOCATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libzstd/lib/libzstd.a")
-add_dependencies(zstd zstd_ext)
-
 set(zstd_sources
   CompressionPluginZstd.cc
 )
 
 add_library(ceph_zstd SHARED ${zstd_sources})
-target_link_libraries(ceph_zstd PRIVATE zstd $<$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>:ceph-common>)
+target_link_libraries(ceph_zstd zstd)
 set_target_properties(ceph_zstd PROPERTIES
   VERSION 2.0.0
   SOVERSION 2