diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindZstd.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindZstd.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 252767cb24..0000000000
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindZstd.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# Find Zstd library
-#
-#  Zstd_INCLUDE_DIRS - where to find zstd.h, etc.
-#  Zstd_LIBRARIES    - List of libraries when using libzstd
-#  Zstd_FOUND        - True if libzstd is found.
-
-find_path(Zstd_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES zstd.h)
-find_library(Zstd_LIBRARY NAMES zstd)
-
-# handle the QUIET and REQUIRED arguments and
-# set Zstd_FOUND to TRUE if all variables are non-zero
-include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-find_package_handle_standard_args(Zstd DEFAULT_MSG Zstd_LIBRARY Zstd_INCLUDE_DIR)
-
-# Copy the results to the output variables and target.
-if(Zstd_FOUND)
-  set(Zstd_LIBRARIES ${Zstd_LIBRARY})
-  set(Zstd_INCLUDE_DIRS ${Zstd_INCLUDE_DIR})
-
-  if(NOT TARGET Zstd::Zstd)
-    add_library(Zstd::Zstd UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
-    set_target_properties(Zstd::Zstd PROPERTIES
-      IMPORTED_LOCATION "${Zstd_LIBRARY}"
-      INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${Zstd_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-  endif()
-endif()
-
-mark_as_advanced(Zstd_INCLUDE_DIR Zstd_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/Packages/COMPRESS.cmake b/cmake/Modules/Packages/COMPRESS.cmake
index 4d392ab516..f48bbe4d03 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/Packages/COMPRESS.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/Packages/COMPRESS.cmake
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
 target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE ZLIB::ZLIB)
 
-find_package(Zstd)
+find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+pkg_check_modules(Zstd IMPORTED_TARGET libzstd)
 
 if(Zstd_FOUND)
     target_compile_definitions(lammps PRIVATE -DLAMMPS_ZSTD)
-    target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE Zstd::Zstd)
+    target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE PkgConfig::Zstd)
 endif()