diff --git a/tribits/common_tpls/FindTPLHDF5.cmake b/tribits/common_tpls/FindTPLHDF5.cmake
index c8759874e..7c55c6bb6 100644
--- a/tribits/common_tpls/FindTPLHDF5.cmake
+++ b/tribits/common_tpls/FindTPLHDF5.cmake
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ IF (HDF5_REQUIRE_FORTRAN)
   SET(REQUIRED_LIBS_NAMES ${REQUIRED_LIBS_NAMES} hdf5_fortran)
 ENDIF()
 
-IF (TPL_ENABLE_MPI)
-  SET(REQUIRED_LIBS_NAMES ${REQUIRED_LIBS_NAMES} z)
-ENDIF()
-
 IF (TPL_ENABLE_Netcdf)
   SET(REQUIRED_LIBS_NAMES ${REQUIRED_LIBS_NAMES} hdf5_hl)
 ENDIF()