diff --git a/config/Stubdom.mk.in b/config/Stubdom.mk.in
index b90eaee75a..dc0a3b54b3 100644
--- a/config/Stubdom.mk.in
+++ b/config/Stubdom.mk.in
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ STUBDOM_TARGETS     := @STUBDOM_TARGETS@
 STUBDOM_BUILD       := @STUBDOM_BUILD@
 STUBDOM_INSTALL     := @STUBDOM_INSTALL@
 
-ZLIB_VERSION        := @ZLIB_VERSION@
-ZLIB_URL            := @ZLIB_URL@
-
 NEWLIB_VERSION      := @NEWLIB_VERSION@
 NEWLIB_URL          := @NEWLIB_URL@
 
diff --git a/stubdom/.gitignore b/stubdom/.gitignore
index 8c6dc00f83..e5d5744361 100644
--- a/stubdom/.gitignore
+++ b/stubdom/.gitignore
@@ -29,4 +29,3 @@
 /vtpm/vtpm_manager.h
 /xenstore
 /xenstorepvh
-/zlib-*
diff --git a/stubdom/Makefile b/stubdom/Makefile
index 254f8d2fc8..164694dd14 100644
--- a/stubdom/Makefile
+++ b/stubdom/Makefile
@@ -102,26 +102,6 @@ $(NEWLIB_STAMPFILE): mk-headers-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH) newlib-$(NEWLIB_VERSION)
 	  $(MAKE) DESTDIR= && \
 	  $(MAKE) DESTDIR= install )
 
-############
-# Cross-zlib
-############
-
-zlib-$(ZLIB_VERSION).tar.gz:
-	$(FETCHER) $@ $(ZLIB_URL)/$@
-
-zlib-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH): zlib-$(ZLIB_VERSION).tar.gz 
-	tar xzf $<
-	mv zlib-$(ZLIB_VERSION) $@
-
-ZLIB_STAMPFILE=$(CROSS_ROOT)/$(GNU_TARGET_ARCH)-xen-elf/lib/libz.a
-.PHONY: cross-zlib
-cross-zlib: $(ZLIB_STAMPFILE)
-$(ZLIB_STAMPFILE): zlib-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH) $(NEWLIB_STAMPFILE)
-	( cd $< && \
-	  CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_CFLAGS)" CC=$(CC) ./configure --prefix=$(CROSS_PREFIX)/$(GNU_TARGET_ARCH)-xen-elf && \
-	  $(MAKE) DESTDIR= libz.a && \
-	  $(MAKE) DESTDIR= install )
-
 #######################################################################
 # There used to be a slightly modified version of pciutils, this is now
 # available under https://github.com/pciutils/pciutils/pull/236
@@ -227,7 +207,7 @@ cross-tpmemu: $(TPMEMU_STAMPFILE)
 #######
 
 .PHONY: $(CROSS_ROOT)
-$(CROSS_ROOT): cross-newlib cross-zlib
+$(CROSS_ROOT): cross-newlib
 
 #######
 # libraries under tools/libs
@@ -454,7 +434,6 @@ clean:
 crossclean: clean
 	rm -fr $(CROSS_ROOT)
 	rm -fr newlib-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)
-	rm -fr zlib-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)
 	rm -fr libs-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)
 	rm -fr xenstore xenstorepvh
 	rm -fr gmp-$(XEN_TARGET_ARCH)
@@ -476,7 +455,6 @@ patchclean: crossclean
 .PHONY: downloadclean
 downloadclean: patchclean
 	rm -f newlib-$(NEWLIB_VERSION).tar.gz
-	rm -f zlib-$(ZLIB_VERSION).tar.gz
 	rm -f gmp-$(GMP_VERSION).tar.bz2
 	rm -f tpm_emulator-$(TPMEMU_VERSION).tar.gz
 	rm -f lwip-$(LWIP_VERSION).tar.gz
diff --git a/stubdom/configure b/stubdom/configure
index f3d63dceff..1a5687d32b 100755
--- a/stubdom/configure
+++ b/stubdom/configure
@@ -634,8 +634,6 @@ LWIP_VERSION
 LWIP_URL
 NEWLIB_VERSION
 NEWLIB_URL
-ZLIB_VERSION
-ZLIB_URL
 INSTALL_DATA
 INSTALL_SCRIPT
 INSTALL_PROGRAM
@@ -722,7 +720,6 @@ CFLAGS
 LDFLAGS
 LIBS
 CPPFLAGS
-ZLIB_URL
 NEWLIB_URL
 LWIP_URL
 GMP_URL
@@ -1372,7 +1369,6 @@ Some influential environment variables:
   LIBS        libraries to pass to the linker, e.g. -l<library>
   CPPFLAGS    (Objective) C/C++ preprocessor flags, e.g. -I<include dir> if
               you have headers in a nonstandard directory <include dir>
-  ZLIB_URL    Download url for zlib
   NEWLIB_URL  Download url for newlib
   LWIP_URL    Download url for lwip
   GMP_URL     Download url for libgmp
@@ -4023,17 +4019,6 @@ fi
 # Stubdom libraries version and url setup
 
 
-if test "x$ZLIB_URL" = "x"
-then :
-
-	ZLIB_URL=\$\(XEN_EXTFILES_URL\)
-fi
-ZLIB_VERSION="1.2.3"
-
-
-
-
-
 if test "x$NEWLIB_URL" = "x"
 then :
 
diff --git a/stubdom/configure.ac b/stubdom/configure.ac
index d3d2a840d3..34a47c95e1 100644
--- a/stubdom/configure.ac
+++ b/stubdom/configure.ac
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AX_DEPENDS_PATH_PROG([vtpm], [CMAKE], [cmake])
 
 # Stubdom libraries version and url setup
-AX_STUBDOM_LIB([ZLIB], [zlib], [1.2.3])
 AX_STUBDOM_LIB([NEWLIB], [newlib], [1.16.0], [https://sourceware.org/ftp/newlib])
 AX_STUBDOM_LIB([LWIP], [lwip], [1.3.0], [https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lwip])
 AX_STUBDOM_LIB([GMP], [libgmp], [4.3.2], [https://gmplib.org/download/gmp/archive])