diff --git a/menu/menu_driver.c b/menu/menu_driver.c
index 8b8157cd5b..13c5b5df3b 100644
--- a/menu/menu_driver.c
+++ b/menu/menu_driver.c
@@ -609,8 +609,10 @@ void *menu_init(const void *data)
    {
       menu->help_screen_type           = MENU_HELP_EXTRACT;
       menu->push_help_screen           = true;
+#ifdef HAVE_ZLIB
       rarch_task_push_decompress(settings->bundle_assets_src_path, settings->bundle_assets_dst_path,
          settings->bundle_assets_dst_path_subdir, NULL, bundle_decompressed, NULL);
+#endif
    }
 
    menu_shader_manager_init(menu);