diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 24725b384810fb12bad1e7ed938e8b4b019c7f97..b3343021d9dfe8d0f8a150f5b9ce539c44babffa 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -76,16 +76,16 @@ include(PythonSetup)
 include(ProcessesSetup)
 include(ProjectSetup)
 include(Functions)
-include(ConanSetup)
+# include(ConanSetup)
 include(CompilerSetup)
 include(JobPools)
 include(Find)
 include(DependenciesExternalProject)
 include(Dependencies)
 # Hack for Conan (msvc) gui build. Also linking to ${CONAN_LIBS} globally
-if(OGS_USE_CONAN AND OGS_USE_NETCDF)
-    link_libraries($<$<BOOL:${WIN32}>:zlib.lib> ${CONAN_LIBS})
-endif()
+#if(OGS_USE_CONAN AND OGS_USE_NETCDF)
+#    link_libraries($<$<BOOL:${WIN32}>:zlib.lib> ${CONAN_LIBS})
+#endif()
 include(DocumentationSetup)
 include(test/Test)
 include(Coverage)