diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/fuse-zip/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/fuse-zip/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a5ac74fe47a..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/fuse-zip/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, fuse, libzip, zlib }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "fuse-zip-0.2.13";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://fuse-zip.googlecode.com/files/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha1 = "9cfa00e38a59d4e06fd47bfaca75ad5e299ecc6b";
-  };
-
-  patches = [ ./libzip.patch ]; # problems with new libzip; from Gentoo
-
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig fuse libzip zlib ];
-
-  makeFlags = "INSTALLPREFIX=$(out)";
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://code.google.com/p/fuse-zip/;
-    description = "A FUSE-based filesystem that allows read and write access to ZIP files";
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/fuse-zip/libzip.patch b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/fuse-zip/libzip.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f2348e5f1ba..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/fuse-zip/libzip.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-diff -ru fuse-zip-0.2.13/lib/bigBuffer.cpp fuse-zip-0.2.13.new//lib/bigBuffer.cpp
---- fuse-zip-0.2.13/lib/bigBuffer.cpp	2010-12-06 12:34:32.000000000 -0500
-+++ fuse-zip-0.2.13.new//lib/bigBuffer.cpp	2011-09-28 21:40:01.294946957 -0400
-@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
-     len = offset;
- }
- 
--ssize_t BigBuffer::zipUserFunctionCallback(void *state, void *data, size_t len, enum zip_source_cmd cmd) {
-+zip_int64_t BigBuffer::zipUserFunctionCallback(void *state, void *data, zip_uint64_t len, enum zip_source_cmd cmd) {
-     CallBackStruct *b = (CallBackStruct*)state;
-     switch (cmd) {
-         case ZIP_SOURCE_OPEN: {
-diff -ru fuse-zip-0.2.13/lib/bigBuffer.h fuse-zip-0.2.13.new//lib/bigBuffer.h
---- fuse-zip-0.2.13/lib/bigBuffer.h	2010-12-06 12:34:32.000000000 -0500
-+++ fuse-zip-0.2.13.new//lib/bigBuffer.h	2011-09-28 21:40:23.203719133 -0400
-@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
-      * never called because read() always successfull.
-      * See zip_source_function(3) for details.
-      */
--    static ssize_t zipUserFunctionCallback(void *state, void *data, size_t len, enum zip_source_cmd cmd);
-+    static zip_int64_t zipUserFunctionCallback(void *state, void *data, zip_uint64_t len, enum zip_source_cmd cmd);
- 
-     /**
-      * Return number of chunks needed to keep 'offset' bytes.
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index c328f74729e..b825c113245 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ doNotDisplayTwice rec {
   firefoxWrapper = firefox;           # 2015-09
   foomatic_filters = foomatic-filters;  # 2016-08
   fuse_exfat = exfat;                   # 2015-09-11
-  fuse_zip = fuse-zip; # added 2016-04-27
   gettextWithExpat = gettext; # 2016-02-19
   git-hub = gitAndTools.git-hub; # added 2016-04-29
   googleAuthenticator = google-authenticator; # added 2016-10-16
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index affa35f137e..eb784fa0bc7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1720,8 +1720,6 @@ in
 
   fuse-7z-ng = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/fuse-7z-ng { };
 
-  fuse-zip = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/fuse-zip { };
-
   exfat = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/exfat { };
 
   dos2unix = callPackage ../tools/text/dos2unix { };