diff --git a/taglib-1.12-multilib.patch b/taglib-1.12-multilib.patch
index 4bde682..cc50f9a 100644
--- a/taglib-1.12-multilib.patch
+++ b/taglib-1.12-multilib.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-diff -urN taglib-1.12.old/taglib-config.cmake taglib-1.12/taglib-config.cmake
---- taglib-1.12.old/taglib-config.cmake	2021-02-15 11:23:07.000000000 +0000
-+++ taglib-1.12/taglib-config.cmake	2021-02-16 09:18:07.018627259 +0000
-@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
+diff -up taglib-1.12/taglib-config.cmake.multilib taglib-1.12/taglib-config.cmake
+--- taglib-1.12/taglib-config.cmake.multilib	2021-02-15 05:23:07.000000000 -0600
++++ taglib-1.12/taglib-config.cmake	2021-03-03 10:16:46.584430893 -0600
+@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ EOH
  
  prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
  exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
@@ -9,12 +9,23 @@ diff -urN taglib-1.12.old/taglib-config.cmake taglib-1.12/taglib-config.cmake
  includedir=@INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR@
  
  flags=""
-@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@
+@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ while test $# -gt 0
  do
    case $1 in
      --libs)
 -	  flags="$flags -L$libdir -ltag @ZLIB_LIBRARIES_FLAGS@"
-+	  flags="$flags -ltag @ZLIB_LIBRARIES_FLAGS@"
++	  flags="$flags -ltag
  	  ;;
      --cflags)
  	  flags="$flags -I$includedir -I$includedir/taglib"
+diff -up taglib-1.12/taglib.pc.cmake.multilib taglib-1.12/taglib.pc.cmake
+--- taglib-1.12/taglib.pc.cmake.multilib	2021-02-15 05:23:07.000000000 -0600
++++ taglib-1.12/taglib.pc.cmake	2021-03-03 10:20:26.682249784 -0600
+@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ Name: TagLib
+ Description: Audio meta-data library
+ Requires: 
+ Version: @TAGLIB_LIB_VERSION_STRING@
+-Libs: -L${libdir} -ltag @ZLIB_LIBRARIES_FLAGS@
++Libs: -L${libdir} -ltag
++Libs.private: @ZLIB_LIBRARIES_FLAGS@
+ Cflags: -I${includedir} -I${includedir}/taglib
diff --git a/taglib.spec b/taglib.spec
index 6ec4166..2457c2d 100644
--- a/taglib.spec
+++ b/taglib.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Name:       taglib	
 Summary:    Audio Meta-Data Library
 Version:    1.12
-Release:    2%{?dist}
+Release:    3%{?dist}
 
 License:    LGPLv2 or MPLv1.1
 URL:        http://taglib.github.io/
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Source0:    http://taglib.github.io/releases/taglib-%{version}%{?beta}.tar.gz
 Source1:    taglib-snapshot.sh
 
 # http://bugzilla.redhat.com/343241
+# fix multilib, and drop -lz flag to consumers (probably only needed for static linking)
 Patch0:     taglib-1.12-multilib.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  gcc
@@ -121,6 +122,9 @@ test "$(pkg-config --modversion taglib_c)" = "%{version}"
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 03 2021 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 1.12-3
+- -devel: fix/drop -lz references in taglib-config, taglib.pc
+
 * Tue Feb 16 2021 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 1.12-2
 - use versioned obsoletes