diff --git a/external/Makefile b/external/Makefile
index 2e8c29fd..ea62aa95 100644
--- a/external/Makefile
+++ b/external/Makefile
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ tor/Makefile: tor/configure
 				--enable-static-libevent --with-libevent-dir=$(EXTERNAL_ROOT) \
 				--enable-static-openssl --with-openssl-dir=$(EXTERNAL_ROOT) \
 				--disable-linker-hardening --disable-gcc-hardening --disable-tool-name-check \
-				--disable-lzma --enable-zstd
+				--disable-lzma --disable-zstd
 
 tor-build-stamp: tor/Makefile
 	$(MAKE) -C tor all-am