diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2b2731fd44..b6cd26ad0a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -401,14 +401,12 @@ install: $(TARGET)
 	install -m644 retroarch.cfg $(DESTDIR)$(GLOBAL_CONFIG_DIR)/retroarch.cfg
 	install -m644 docs/retroarch.1 $(DESTDIR)$(MAN_DIR)
 	install -m644 docs/retroarch-joyconfig.1 $(DESTDIR)$(MAN_DIR)
-	install -m755 retroarch-zip $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	install -m644 media/retroarch.png $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/pixmaps
 
 uninstall:
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/retroarch
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/retroarch-joyconfig
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/retrolaunch
-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/retroarch-zip
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(GLOBAL_CONFIG_DIR)/retroarch.cfg
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1/retroarch.1
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1/retroarch-joyconfig.1
diff --git a/retroarch-zip b/retroarch-zip
deleted file mode 100755
index 18cf542d67..0000000000
--- a/retroarch-zip
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-###
-## Wrapper script that enables loading of compressed roms for RetroArch.
-## Author: Themaister
-## License: Do whatever you want with it.
-#
-
-die()
-{
-   echo "Error: $1"
-   rm -r "${TMPDIR}"
-   exit 1
-}
-
-if [ -z "$1" ]; then
-   die "Need at least one argument"
-fi
-
-COMP_FILE="$1"
-TMPDIR="`mktemp -d /tmp/retroarch-XXXXXX`"
-shift
-
-extract_zip()
-{
-   which unzip >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "Cannot find unzip"
-   unzip "$1" -d "${TMPDIR}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "Couldn't extract from archive"
-}
-
-extract_7z()
-{
-   which 7z >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "Cannot find 7z"
-   7z x "$1" -o"${TMPDIR}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "Couldn't extract from archive"
-}
-
-extract_rar()
-{
-   which unrar >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "Cannot find unrar"
-   unrar x "$1" "${TMPDIR}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "Couldn't extract from archive"
-}
-
-case "${COMP_FILE}" in
-   *.zip )
-      extract_zip "${COMP_FILE}"
-      EXTENSION=".zip"
-      ;;
-   *.7z )
-      extract_7z "${COMP_FILE}"
-      EXTENSION=".7z"
-      ;;
-   *.rar )
-      extract_rar "${COMP_FILE}"
-      EXTENSION=".rar"
-      ;;
-   * )
-      die "Couldn't find valid zipped rom."
-      ;;
-esac
-
-# pick the largest non-directory in the root of the unpacked archive
-FILENAME="`ls -Sp \"${TMPDIR}\" | grep -v /$ | head -n1`"
-if [ -z "${FILENAME}" ]; then
-	die "Cannot find any files in root of archive"
-fi
-
-SAVENAME="`basename \"${COMP_FILE}\" ${EXTENSION}`"
-SAVESTATE="`basename \"${COMP_FILE}\" ${EXTENSION}`"
-DIRNAME="`dirname \"${COMP_FILE}\"`"
-SAVENAME="${SAVENAME}.srm"
-SAVESTATE="${SAVESTATE}.state"
-
-EXE="`which retroarch`"
-if [ -z "${EXE}" ]; then
-   die "Cannot find RetroArch in path."
-fi
-
-echo "Temp ROM: ${TMPDIR}/${FILENAME}"
-echo "Savename: ${DIRNAME}/${SAVENAME}"
-echo "Savestate: ${DIRNAME}/${SAVESTATE}"
-"${EXE}" "${TMPDIR}/${FILENAME}" -s "${DIRNAME}/${SAVENAME}" -S "${DIRNAME}/${SAVESTATE}" "$@"
-rm -r "${TMPDIR}"
-