diff --git a/CZlib/empty.c b/CZlib/empty.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ce22d32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CZlib/empty.c
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// empty file for compiler
diff --git a/CZlib/include/c_zlib.h b/CZlib/include/c_zlib.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06ccad89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CZlib/include/c_zlib.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef C_ZLIB_H
+#define C_ZLIB_H
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <zlib.h>
+
+#endif
diff --git a/Package.resolved b/Package.resolved
deleted file mode 100644
index e49c8be4..00000000
--- a/Package.resolved
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "object": {
-    "pins": [
-      {
-        "package": "swift-nio-zlib-support",
-        "repositoryURL": "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio-zlib-support.git",
-        "state": {
-          "branch": null,
-          "revision": "37760e9a52030bb9011972c5213c3350fa9d41fd",
-          "version": "1.0.0"
-        }
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  "version": 1
-}
diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index f45b4cbd..85e4fb6c 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// swift-tools-version:5.2
+// swift-tools-version:5.1
 
 //
 //  Package.Swift
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@ let package = Package(
         ],
         dependencies: [],
         targets: [
-            .target(name: "Starscream",
-                    path: "Sources")
+            .target(
+                name: "Starscream",
+                dependencies: ["CZlib"],
+                path: "Sources"),
+            .target(
+                name: "CZlib",
+                path: "CZlib",
+                linkerSettings: [ .linkedLibrary("z") ])
         ]
 )
-
-#if os(Linux)
-    package.dependencies.append(.package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-nio-zlib-support.git", from: "1.0.0"))
-#endif
diff --git a/Sources/Compression/WSCompression.swift b/Sources/Compression/WSCompression.swift
index 21295841..1cbc6c84 100644
--- a/Sources/Compression/WSCompression.swift
+++ b/Sources/Compression/WSCompression.swift
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 import Foundation
-import zlib
+import CZlib
 
 public class WSCompression: CompressionHandler {
     let headerWSExtensionName = "Sec-WebSocket-Extensions"