removed the nested ifs

Author: kai-ion

cmake/external_dependencies.cmake

@@ -2,24 +2,15 @@
 if(PLATFORM_ANDROID AND ANDROID_BUILD_ZLIB)
     set(BUILD_ZLIB 1)
     message(STATUS "  Building Zlib as part of AWS SDK")
-elseif(NOT PLATFORM_WINDOWS AND NOT PLATFORM_CUSTOM)
-    # Check if user explicitly disabled compression
-    if(ENABLE_ZLIB_REQUEST_COMPRESSION STREQUAL "OFF")
-        # User explicitly disabled, skip zlib check
+# If ENABLE_ZLIB_REQUEST_COMPRESSION is OFF, zlib check is skipped entirely
+elseif(NOT PLATFORM_WINDOWS AND NOT PLATFORM_CUSTOM AND
+       NOT ENABLE_ZLIB_REQUEST_COMPRESSION STREQUAL "OFF")
+    # If zlib is required either by openssl and curl in their linking chain, we should find it.
+    include(FindZLIB)
+    if(NOT ZLIB_FOUND)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find zlib")
     else()
-        # If zlib is required either by openssl and curl in their linking chain, we should find it.
-        include(FindZLIB)
-        if(NOT ZLIB_FOUND)
-            if(ENABLE_ZLIB_REQUEST_COMPRESSION)
-                # User explicitly enabled, require zlib
-                message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find zlib")
-            else()
-                # Default case: zlib not found, disable compression silently
-                message(STATUS "  Zlib not found; request compression will be disabled")
-            endif()
-        else()
-            message(STATUS "  Zlib library: ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}")
-        endif()
+        message(STATUS "  Zlib library: ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}")
     endif()
 endif()