diff --git a/tools/v8_gypfiles/v8.gyp b/tools/v8_gypfiles/v8.gyp
index 7efdac9b829..f255bda0692 100644
--- a/tools/v8_gypfiles/v8.gyp
+++ b/tools/v8_gypfiles/v8.gyp
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@
         'generate_bytecode_builtins_list',
         'run_torque',
         'v8_maybe_icu',
-        'zlib.gyp:zlib'
+        'v8_zlib',
       ],
       'includes': ['inspector.gypi'],
       'direct_dependent_settings': {
@@ -1599,5 +1599,16 @@
         'sources': ['<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/debug-support.cc', ],
       },
     },  # postmortem-metadata
+
+    {
+      'target_name': 'v8_zlib',
+      'type': 'static_library',
+      'direct_dependent_settings': {
+        'include_dirs': [ '<(V8_ROOT)/third_party/zlib' ],
+      },
+      'defines': [ 'ZLIB_IMPLEMENTATION' ],
+      'include_dirs': [ '<(V8_ROOT)/third_party/zlib' ],
+      'sources': [ '<(V8_ROOT)/third_party/zlib/adler32.c' ],
+    },  # v8_zlib
   ],
 }
diff --git a/tools/v8_gypfiles/zlib.gyp b/tools/v8_gypfiles/zlib.gyp
deleted file mode 100644
index fef27ca2277..00000000000
--- a/tools/v8_gypfiles/zlib.gyp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-# Minimal port of deps/v8/third_party/zlib/BUILD.gn
-{
-  'variables': {
-    'ZLIB_ROOT': '../../deps/v8/third_party/zlib',
-  },
-  'targets': [
-    {
-      'target_name': 'zlib',
-      'type': 'static_library',
-      'toolsets': ['target'],
-      'dependencies': [
-        'zlib_x86_simd',
-      ],
-      'defines': ['ZLIB_IMPLEMENTATION'],
-      'sources': [
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/adler32.c',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/chromeconf.h',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/compress.c',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/crc32.c',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/crc32.h',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/deflate.c',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/deflate.h',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/gzclose.c',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/gzguts.h',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/gzlib.c',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/gzread.c',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/gzwrite.c',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/infback.c',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/inffast.c',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/inffast.h',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/inffixed.h',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/inflate.h',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/inftrees.c',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/inftrees.h',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/trees.c',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/trees.h',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/uncompr.c',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/x86.h',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/zconf.h',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/zlib.h',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/zutil.c',
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/zutil.h',
-      ],
-      'conditions': [
-        ['want_separate_host_toolset', {
-          'toolsets': ['host', 'target'],
-        }],
-        # TODO: correctly implement the conditions
-        ['1 == 0', {
-          'dependencies': [
-            'zlib_adler32_simd',
-            'zlib_inflate_chunk_simd',
-          ],
-          'conditions': [
-            ['1 == 0', {
-              'sources': [
-                '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/x86.c',
-              ],
-              'dependencies': ['zlib_crc32_simd'],
-            }],
-            ['1 == 0', {
-              'sources': [
-                '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/contrib/optimizations/slide_hash_neon.h',
-              ],
-              'dependencies': ['zlib_arm_crc32'],
-            }],
-          ],
-        }, {
-          'sources': [
-            '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/inflate.c',
-          ],
-        }],
-      ],
-      'include_dirs': [
-        '<(ZLIB_ROOT)',
-      ],
-      'direct_dependent_settings': {
-        'include_dirs': [
-          '<(ZLIB_ROOT)',
-        ],
-      },
-    },  # zlib
-    {
-      'target_name': 'zlib_x86_simd',
-      'type': 'none',
-      'hard_dependency': 1,
-      'defines': ['ZLIB_IMPLEMENTATION'],
-      'direct_dependent_settings': {
-        # TODO: implement the conditions
-        'sources': [
-          '<(ZLIB_ROOT)/simd_stub.c',
-        ],
-      },
-      'conditions': [
-        ['want_separate_host_toolset', {
-          'toolsets': ['host', 'target'],
-        }],
-      ],
-    },  # zlib_x86_simd
-  ],
-}