diff --git a/dynflag.go b/dynflag.go
index 501a4dd7..18c18f40 100644
--- a/dynflag.go
+++ b/dynflag.go
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 package gorocksdb
 
-// #cgo LDFLAGS: -lrocksdb -lstdc++ -lm -lz -lbz2 -lsnappy -ldl
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: -lrocksdb -lstdc++ -lm -ldl
 import "C"
diff --git a/staticflag_linux.go b/staticflag_linux.go
index 6653c498..3af044ef 100644
--- a/staticflag_linux.go
+++ b/staticflag_linux.go
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 package gorocksdb
 
-// #cgo LDFLAGS: -l:librocksdb.a -l:libstdc++.a -l:libz.a -l:libbz2.a -l:libsnappy.a -lm
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: -l:librocksdb.a -l:libstdc++.a -lm -ldl
 import "C"