diff --git a/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake b/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake
index f8435ffc88cb55452b9e577ccbf3390a6c712682..282450fbfe87e5165a2deb0c599f818f69d2ed62 100644
--- a/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake
+++ b/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake
@@ -48,12 +48,6 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     target_link_libraries(DataExplorer Qt5::X11Extras)
 endif()
 
-# Workaround for Windows conan tiff-package
-if(OGS_USE_CONAN AND WIN32)
-    find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
-    target_link_libraries(DataExplorer ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
-endif()
-
 if(GEOTIFF_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries(DataExplorer ${GEOTIFF_LIBRARIES})
 endif()