diff --git a/python/mozboot/mozboot/archlinux.py b/python/mozboot/mozboot/archlinux.py
index bfed3fab845c..a415756a2609 100644
--- a/python/mozboot/mozboot/archlinux.py
+++ b/python/mozboot/mozboot/archlinux.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ AUR_URL_TEMPLATE = "https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/{}.tar.gz"
 class ArchlinuxBootstrapper(LinuxBootstrapper, BaseBootstrapper):
     """Archlinux experimental bootstrapper."""
 
-    SYSTEM_PACKAGES = ["base-devel", "unzip", "zip"]
+    SYSTEM_PACKAGES = ["base-devel", "unzip"]
 
     BROWSER_PACKAGES = [
         "alsa-lib",
diff --git a/python/mozboot/mozboot/debian.py b/python/mozboot/mozboot/debian.py
index 489f06e7ded3..7b977c332103 100644
--- a/python/mozboot/mozboot/debian.py
+++ b/python/mozboot/mozboot/debian.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ class DebianBootstrapper(LinuxBootstrapper, BaseBootstrapper):
         "m4",
         "unzip",
         "uuid",
-        "zip",
     ]
 
     # These are common packages for building Firefox for Desktop
diff --git a/python/mozboot/mozboot/freebsd.py b/python/mozboot/mozboot/freebsd.py
index 7d36a6f16e98..3e481ec12ceb 100644
--- a/python/mozboot/mozboot/freebsd.py
+++ b/python/mozboot/mozboot/freebsd.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ class FreeBSDBootstrapper(BaseBootstrapper):
             "py%d%d-sqlite3" % sys.version_info[0:2],
             "rust",
             "watchman",
-            "zip",
         ]
 
         self.browser_packages = [
diff --git a/python/mozboot/mozboot/gentoo.py b/python/mozboot/mozboot/gentoo.py
index 0045c4293dea..bcf36fac81e4 100644
--- a/python/mozboot/mozboot/gentoo.py
+++ b/python/mozboot/mozboot/gentoo.py
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ class GentooBootstrapper(LinuxBootstrapper, BaseBootstrapper):
         self.ensure_system_packages()
 
     def ensure_system_packages(self):
-        self.run_as_root(
-            ["emerge", "--noreplace", "--quiet", "app-arch/zip", "dev-util/watchman"]
-        )
+        self.run_as_root(["emerge", "--noreplace", "--quiet", "dev-util/watchman"])
 
     def install_browser_packages(self, mozconfig_builder, artifact_mode=False):
         # TODO: Figure out what not to install for artifact mode
diff --git a/python/mozboot/mozboot/openbsd.py b/python/mozboot/mozboot/openbsd.py
index b72841a9dc0f..c99c2e7d4e71 100644
--- a/python/mozboot/mozboot/openbsd.py
+++ b/python/mozboot/mozboot/openbsd.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class OpenBSDBootstrapper(BaseBootstrapper):
     def __init__(self, version, **kwargs):
         BaseBootstrapper.__init__(self, **kwargs)
 
-        self.packages = ["gmake", "gtar", "rust", "unzip", "zip"]
+        self.packages = ["gmake", "gtar", "rust", "unzip"]
 
         self.browser_packages = ["llvm", "nasm", "gtk+3", "dbus-glib", "pulseaudio"]
 
diff --git a/python/mozboot/mozboot/solus.py b/python/mozboot/mozboot/solus.py
index a73521ed1e9c..bd84784c9360 100644
--- a/python/mozboot/mozboot/solus.py
+++ b/python/mozboot/mozboot/solus.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if sys.version_info < (3,):
 class SolusBootstrapper(LinuxBootstrapper, BaseBootstrapper):
     """Solus experimental bootstrapper."""
 
-    SYSTEM_PACKAGES = ["unzip", "zip"]
+    SYSTEM_PACKAGES = ["unzip"]
     SYSTEM_COMPONENTS = ["system.devel"]
 
     BROWSER_PACKAGES = [
diff --git a/python/mozboot/mozboot/void.py b/python/mozboot/mozboot/void.py
index 89bd5533bac9..61768070d6a3 100644
--- a/python/mozboot/mozboot/void.py
+++ b/python/mozboot/mozboot/void.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from mozboot.linux_common import LinuxBootstrapper
 
 class VoidBootstrapper(LinuxBootstrapper, BaseBootstrapper):
 
-    PACKAGES = ["clang", "make", "mercurial", "watchman", "unzip", "zip"]
+    PACKAGES = ["clang", "make", "mercurial", "watchman", "unzip"]
 
     BROWSER_PACKAGES = [
         "dbus-devel",
diff --git a/python/mozboot/mozboot/windows.py b/python/mozboot/mozboot/windows.py
index 3f560d5236c6..1312874db35f 100644
--- a/python/mozboot/mozboot/windows.py
+++ b/python/mozboot/mozboot/windows.py
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ class WindowsBootstrapper(BaseBootstrapper):
         "patchutils",
         "diffutils",
         "tar",
-        "zip",
         "unzip",
         "mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain",  # TODO: Remove when Mercurial is installable from a wheel.
         "mingw-w64-i686-toolchain",