diff --git a/kiwixbuild/dependencies/base.py b/kiwixbuild/dependencies/base.py
index 2427a0f..c06e451 100644
--- a/kiwixbuild/dependencies/base.py
+++ b/kiwixbuild/dependencies/base.py
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ class NoopBuilder(Builder):
 
 
 class MakeBuilder(Builder):
+    configure_option_template = "{dep_options} {static_option} {env_option} --prefix {install_dir} --libdir {libdir}"
     configure_option = ""
     dynamic_configure_option = "--enable-shared --disable-static"
     static_configure_option = "--enable-static --disable-shared"
@@ -271,19 +272,21 @@ class MakeBuilder(Builder):
 
     @property
     def all_configure_option(self):
-        return "{} {} {}".format(
-            self.configure_option,
-            self.static_configure_option if self.buildEnv.platform_info.static else self.dynamic_configure_option,
-            self.buildEnv.configure_option if not self.target.force_native_build else "")
+        option = self.configure_option_template.format(
+            dep_options=self.configure_option,
+            static_option=self.static_configure_option if self.buildEnv.platform_info.static else self.dynamic_configure_option,
+            env_option=self.buildEnv.configure_option if not self.target.force_native_build else "",
+            install_dir=self.buildEnv.install_dir,
+            libdir=pj(self.buildEnv.install_dir, self.buildEnv.libprefix)
+            )
+        return option
 
     def _configure(self, context):
         context.try_skip(self.build_path)
-        command = "{configure_script} {configure_option} --prefix {install_dir} --libdir {libdir}"
+        command = "{configure_script} {configure_option}"
         command = command.format(
             configure_script=pj(self.source_path, self.configure_script),
-            configure_option=self.all_configure_option,
-            install_dir=self.buildEnv.install_dir,
-            libdir=pj(self.buildEnv.install_dir, self.buildEnv.libprefix)
+            configure_option=self.all_configure_option
         )
         env = Defaultdict(str, os.environ)
         if self.buildEnv.platform_info.static:
diff --git a/kiwixbuild/dependencies/zlib.py b/kiwixbuild/dependencies/zlib.py
index 1440cc4..821eee6 100644
--- a/kiwixbuild/dependencies/zlib.py
+++ b/kiwixbuild/dependencies/zlib.py
@@ -20,23 +20,12 @@ class zlib(Dependency):
     class Builder(MakeBuilder):
         dynamic_configure_option = "--shared"
         static_configure_option = "--static"
+        configure_option_template = "{dep_options} {static_option} --prefix {install_dir} --libdir {libdir}"
 
         def _pre_build_script(self, context):
             context.try_skip(self.build_path)
             shutil.copytree(self.source_path, self.build_path)
 
-        @property
-        def all_configure_option(self):
-            return '--static' if self.buildEnv.platform_info.static else '--shared'
-
-        @property
-        def configure_option(self):
-            options = "-DINSTALL_PKGCONFIG_DIR={}".format(pj(self.buildEnv.install_dir, self.buildEnv.libprefix, 'pkgconfig'))
-            if self.buildEnv.platform_info.static:
-                options += " -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=false"
-            else:
-                options += " -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=true"
-            return options
 
         def _configure(self, context):
             if self.buildEnv.platform_info.build == 'win32':