Index: tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/Object.cpp
===================================================================
--- tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/Object.cpp
+++ tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/Object.cpp
@@ -263,12 +263,6 @@
                                      DebugCompressionType CompressionType)
     : SectionBase(Sec), CompressionType(CompressionType),
       DecompressedSize(Sec.OriginalData.size()), DecompressedAlign(Sec.Align) {
-
-  if (!zlib::isAvailable()) {
-    CompressionType = DebugCompressionType::None;
-    return;
-  }
-
   if (Error E = zlib::compress(
           StringRef(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(OriginalData.data()),
                     OriginalData.size()),