@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 	echo 'ERROR: The TCLVERS environment variable is not set' >&2
 
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-ZLIBVERS="1.2.3"
+ZLIBVERS="1.2.8"
 SRC="src/zlib-${ZLIBVERS}.tar.gz"
 SRCURL="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/zlib/${ZLIBVERS}/zlib-${ZLIBVERS}.tar.gz/download"
 BUILDDIR="$(pwd)/build/zlib-${ZLIBVERS}"
 OUTDIR="$(pwd)/out"
 INSTDIR="$(pwd)/inst"
@@ -47,13 +47,10 @@
 	else    
 		cp -rp ../buildsrc/* './'
 	fi
 
 	cd "${BUILDDIR}" || exit 1
-	# ZLIB Expects AR to contain options
-	AR="${AR:-ar} rcu"
-	export AR
 
 	# If we are building for KitDLL, compile with '-fPIC'
 	if [ "${KITTARGET}" = "kitdll" ]; then
 		CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fPIC"
 		export CFLAGS
@@ -62,16 +59,16 @@
 	# We don't pass CONFIGUREEXTRA here, since this isn't a GNU autoconf
 	# script and will puke
 	echo "Running: ./configure --prefix=\"${INSTDIR}\" --libdir=\"${INSTDIR}/lib\""
 	./configure --prefix="${INSTDIR}" --libdir="${INSTDIR}/lib"
 
-	echo "Running: ${MAKE:-make} AR=\"${AR}\""
-	${MAKE:-make} AR="${AR}" || exit 1
+	echo "Running: ${MAKE:-make}"
+	${MAKE:-make} || exit 1
 
-	echo "Running: ${MAKE:-make} install AR=\"${AR}\""
-	${MAKE:-make} install AR="${AR}"
+	echo "Running: ${MAKE:-make} install"
+	${MAKE:-make} install
 
 	# We don't really care too much about failure in zlib
 	exit 0
 ) || exit 1
 
 exit 0