diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 24e9fc337fa31c630f3327f1b36217d2c5f6529f..eb7b6c75f8d10feb7dfb141ed92a748081c2d2ab 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1296,7 +1296,6 @@ EXTERNAL_LIBRARY_LIST="
     $EXTERNAL_LIBRARY_VERSION3_LIST
     avisynth
     avxsynth
-    bzlib
     frei0r
     gnutls
     libbs2b
@@ -1327,6 +1326,10 @@ EXTERNAL_LIBRARY_LIST="
     libxcb
     libxcb_shm
     libxcb_xfixes
+"
+
+SYSTEM_LIBRARY_LIST="
+    bzlib
     zlib
 "
 
@@ -1388,6 +1391,7 @@ CONFIG_LIST="
     $LIBRARY_LIST
     $PROGRAM_LIST
     $SUBSYSTEM_LIST
+    $SYSTEM_LIBRARY_LIST
     neon_clobber_test
     pic
     pod2man
@@ -2574,6 +2578,9 @@ enable valgrind_backtrace
 # By default, enable only those hwaccels that have no external dependencies.
 enable d3d11va dxva2 vda vdpau
 
+# Avoid external, non-system, libraries getting enabled by dependency resolution
+disable $EXTERNAL_LIBRARY_LIST
+
 # build settings
 SHFLAGS='-shared -Wl,-soname,$$(@F)'
 LIBPREF="lib"