diff --git a/cross/java-11-openjdk/Makefile b/cross/java-11-openjdk/Makefile
index 6cdadaab3d5..a62635f2d82 100644
--- a/cross/java-11-openjdk/Makefile
+++ b/cross/java-11-openjdk/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PKG_DIR = $(JAVA_REPO_NAME)-$(JAVA_NAME)-$(JAVA_VERSION)-$(JAVA_RELEASE)
 # build instructions:
 # https://openjdk.java.net/groups/build/doc/building.html
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS = native/openjdk-11 native/zip
+BUILD_DEPENDS = native/openjdk-11
 # Dependencies are required at build time only.
 BUILD_DEPENDS += cross/cups
 BUILD_DEPENDS += cross/alsa-lib
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ DEPENDS += cross/libjpeg
 DEPENDS += cross/giflib
 DEPENDS += cross/lcms2
 
-ZIP_BIN_DIR = $(realpath $(WORK_DIR)/../../../native/zip/work-native/install/usr/local/bin)
-ENV += PATH=$$PATH:$(ZIP_BIN_DIR)
-
 HOMEPAGE = http://openjdk.java.net/
 COMMENT  = OpenJDK 11 is the open-source reference implementation of version 11 of the Java SE Platform as specified by by JSR 384 in the Java Community Process.
 LICENSE  = ASL 1.1 and ASL 2.0 and BSD and BSD with advertising and GPL+ and GPLv2 and GPLv2 with exceptions and IJG and LGPLv2+ and MIT and MPLv2.0 and Public Domain and W3C and zlib
diff --git a/cross/java-17-openjdk/Makefile b/cross/java-17-openjdk/Makefile
index 35beee4bbd1..0031d0cf326 100644
--- a/cross/java-17-openjdk/Makefile
+++ b/cross/java-17-openjdk/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PKG_DIR = $(JAVA_REPO_NAME)-$(JAVA_NAME)-$(JAVA_VERSION)-$(JAVA_RELEASE)
 # build instructions:
 # https://openjdk.java.net/groups/build/doc/building.html
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS = native/openjdk-17 native/zip
+BUILD_DEPENDS = native/openjdk-17
 # Dependencies required at build time only:
 BUILD_DEPENDS += cross/cups
 BUILD_DEPENDS += cross/alsa-lib
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ DEPENDS += cross/libjpeg
 DEPENDS += cross/giflib
 DEPENDS += cross/lcms2
 
-ZIP_BIN_DIR = $(realpath $(WORK_DIR)/../../../native/zip/work-native/install/usr/local/bin)
-ENV += PATH=$$PATH:$(ZIP_BIN_DIR)
-
 HOMEPAGE = https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk/17/
 COMMENT  = OpenJDK 17 is the open-source reference implementation of version 17 of the Java SE Platform as specified by JSR 390 in the Java Community Process.
 LICENSE  = GPLv2 with the Classpath Exception
@@ -108,7 +105,7 @@ include ../../mk/spksrc.cross-cc.mk
 # Disable the normal host build target triplets since openjdk uses its own openjdk-target
 # Avoid the use of $(RUN) since configure complains about env variables
 java-17-openjdk_configure:
-	cd $(WORK_DIR)/$(PKG_DIR) && PATH=$$PATH:$(ZIP_BIN_DIR) && bash ./configure $(CONFIGURE_ARGS)
+	cd $(WORK_DIR)/$(PKG_DIR) && bash ./configure $(CONFIGURE_ARGS)
 
 .PHONY: java-17-openjdk_pre_compile
 # As DESTDIR is not supported we must patch the make file for make install.
diff --git a/cross/rabbitmq/Makefile b/cross/rabbitmq/Makefile
index 5be975c6acc..3277559f40c 100644
--- a/cross/rabbitmq/Makefile
+++ b/cross/rabbitmq/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ PKG_DIST_NAME = $(PKG_NAME)-server-$(PKG_VERS).$(PKG_EXT)
 PKG_DIST_SITE = https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/download/v$(PKG_VERS)
 PKG_DIR = $(PKG_NAME)-server-$(PKG_VERS)
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS = native/erlang native/elixir native/zip
+BUILD_DEPENDS = native/erlang native/elixir
 
 DEPENDS =
 
@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@ LICENSE  = MPL 2.0
 
 ERLANG_BIN_DIR = $(realpath $(WORK_DIR)/../../../native/erlang/work-native/install/usr/local/bin)
 ELIXIR_BIN_DIR = $(realpath $(WORK_DIR)/../../../native/elixir/work-native/install/usr/local/bin)
-ZIP_BIN_DIR = $(realpath $(WORK_DIR)/../../../native/zip/work-native/install/usr/local/bin)
 
 # Build requires native erlang and elixir
-# Install requires native zip
-ENV += PATH=$$PATH:$(ERLANG_BIN_DIR):$(ELIXIR_BIN_DIR):$(ZIP_BIN_DIR)
+ENV += PATH=$$PATH:$(ERLANG_BIN_DIR):$(ELIXIR_BIN_DIR)
 
 CONFIGURE_TARGET = nop
 INSTALL_MAKE_OPTIONS = install DESTDIR=$(INSTALL_DIR) PREFIX=$(INSTALL_PREFIX) RMQ_ROOTDIR=$(INSTALL_PREFIX)
diff --git a/native/zip/Makefile b/native/zip/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 7495b211c02..00000000000
--- a/native/zip/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-PKG_NAME = zip
-PKG_VERS = 30
-PKG_EXT = tar.gz
-PKG_DIST_NAME = $(PKG_NAME)$(PKG_VERS).$(PKG_EXT)
-PKG_DIST_SITE = https://altushost-swe.dl.sourceforge.net/project/infozip/Zip%203.x%20%28latest%29/3.0
-PKG_DIR = $(PKG_NAME)$(PKG_VERS)
-
-HOMEPAGE = http://infozip.sourceforge.net/
-COMMENT  = Zip - a compressor/archiver for creating and modifying zipfiles.
-LICENSE  = BSD-like
-
-COMPILE_MAKE_OPTIONS += -f unix/Makefile
-COMPILE_MAKE_OPTIONS += generic
-
-CONFIGURE_TARGET = nop
-INSTALL_TARGET = native_zip_install
-
-include ../../mk/spksrc.native-cc.mk
-
-.PHONY: native_zip_install
-native_zip_install:
-	$(RUN) $(MAKE) -f unix/Makefile prefix=$(INSTALL_DIR)$(INSTALL_PREFIX) install
-	cd $(INSTALL_DIR)$(INSTALL_PREFIX)/bin && ln -s zip unzip
diff --git a/native/zip/digests b/native/zip/digests
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a36d939a4f..00000000000
--- a/native/zip/digests
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-zip30.tar.gz SHA1 c9f4099ecf2772b53c2dd4a8e508064ce015d182
-zip30.tar.gz SHA256 f0e8bb1f9b7eb0b01285495a2699df3a4b766784c1765a8f1aeedf63c0806369
-zip30.tar.gz MD5 7b74551e63f8ee6aab6fbc86676c0d37