diff --git a/FreeCAD.spec b/FreeCAD.spec
index 8eb67ce..aa50f31 100644
--- a/FreeCAD.spec
+++ b/FreeCAD.spec
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ BuildRequires:  swig
 %if 0%{?suse_version}
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
 %endif
-BuildRequires:  zipios-devel
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 # Used because of "no-return-in-nonvoid-function" and "stringcompare" rpm post build check errors
 #BuildRequires:	-post-build-checks
@@ -112,20 +111,9 @@ sed -i 's/\r$//' src/Mod/PartDesign/Scripts/Spring.py
 sed -i 's/\r$//' src/Mod/Robot/MovieTool.py
 
 # Remove 3rd party libs
-rm src/zipios++ -fr
 rm src/3rdparty/Pivy -fr
 rm src/3rdparty/Pivy-0.5 -fr
 
-# zipios lost the +
-sed -i -e 's,zipios++,zipios,' src/Base/CMakeLists.txt
-sed -i -e 's,#include <zipios++/,#include <zipios/,' src/*/*.{cpp,h} \
-    src/Mod/Mesh/Gui/ViewProvider.cpp \
-    src/Mod/Mesh/App/Core/MeshIO.cpp \
-    src/Tools/thumbs/FCStdExtractor.cpp \
-    src/Tools/thumbs/ThumbnailProvider/ThumbnailProvider.cpp
-sed -i -e 's,zipios/zipios-config.h,zipios/zipios-config.hpp,' \
-    src/Base/CMakeLists.txt
-
 %build
 mkdir build && cd build
 # cmake macro would set standard libdir