diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/zlib/zlib_1.3.2.bb b/meta/recipes-core/zlib/zlib_1.4.bb
similarity index 85%
rename from meta/recipes-core/zlib/zlib_1.3.2.bb
rename to meta/recipes-core/zlib/zlib_1.4.bb
index 8a23d98cd3..18b27df878 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/zlib/zlib_1.3.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/zlib/zlib_1.4.bb
@@ -12,16 +12,13 @@ SRC_URI = "https://zlib.net/${BP}.tar.gz \
            "
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "http://zlib.net/"
 
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "bb329a0a2cd0274d05519d61c667c062e06990d72e125ee2dfa8de64f0119d16"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "02dd159783677a749c04adbdd02b55b8a2bcc7e054f51b76b549199a916ad584"
 
 # When a new release is made the previous release is moved to fossils/, so add this
 # to PREMIRRORS so it is also searched automatically.
 PREMIRRORS:append = " https://zlib.net/ https://zlib.net/fossils/"
 
 CFLAGS += "-D_REENTRANT -fPIE"
-# zlib does not build with lld, keep it until https://github.com/madler/zlib/pull/936
-# is addressed
-LDFLAGS:append = " -fuse-ld=bfd"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "make"