diff --git a/toolbox/Android.mk b/toolbox/Android.mk
index aa755ed7f..d6ead1a09 100644
--- a/toolbox/Android.mk
+++ b/toolbox/Android.mk
@@ -95,13 +95,3 @@ LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(LOCAL_PATH)/upstream-netbsd/include/
 LOCAL_MODULE := grep
 LOCAL_POST_INSTALL_CMD := $(hide) $(foreach t,egrep fgrep,ln -sf grep $(TARGET_OUT)/bin/$(t);)
 include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)
-
-
-# We build gzip separately, so it can provide gunzip and zcat too.
-include $(CLEAR_VARS)
-LOCAL_MODULE := gzip
-LOCAL_SRC_FILES := gzip.c
-LOCAL_CFLAGS += -Wall -Werror
-LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES += libz
-LOCAL_POST_INSTALL_CMD := $(hide) $(foreach t,gunzip zcat,ln -sf gzip $(TARGET_OUT)/bin/$(t);)
-include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)
diff --git a/toolbox/gzip.c b/toolbox/gzip.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 62c451830..000000000
--- a/toolbox/gzip.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,261 +0,0 @@
-/* gzip.c - gzip/gunzip/zcat tools for gzip data
- *
- * Copyright 2017 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * GZIP RFC: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1952.txt
-
-TODO: port to toybox.
-
-*/
-
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
-
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <error.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <getopt.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-
-#include <zlib.h>
-
-// toybox-style flags/globals.
-#define FLAG_c 1
-#define FLAG_d 2
-#define FLAG_f 4
-#define FLAG_k 8
-static struct {
-  int optflags;
-} toys;
-static struct {
-  int level;
-} TT;
-
-static void xstat(const char *path, struct stat *sb)
-{
-  if (stat(path, sb)) error(1, errno, "stat %s", path);
-}
-
-static void fix_time(const char *path, struct stat *sb)
-{
-  struct timespec times[] = { sb->st_atim, sb->st_mtim };
-
-  if (utimensat(AT_FDCWD, path, times, 0)) error(1, errno, "utimes");
-}
-
-static FILE *xfdopen(const char *name, int flags, mode_t open_mode,
-    const char *mode)
-{
-  FILE *fp;
-  int fd;
-
-  if (!strcmp(name, "-")) fd = dup((*mode == 'r') ? 0 : 1);
-  else fd = open(name, flags, open_mode);
-
-  if (fd == -1) error(1, errno, "open %s (%s)", name, mode);
-  fp = fdopen(fd, mode);
-  if (fp == NULL) error(1, errno, "fopen %s (%s)", name, mode);
-  return fp;
-}
-
-static gzFile xgzopen(const char *name, int flags, mode_t open_mode,
-    const char *mode)
-{
-  gzFile f;
-  int fd;
-
-  if (!strcmp(name, "-")) fd = dup((*mode == 'r') ? 0 : 1);
-  else fd = open(name, flags, open_mode);
-
-  if (fd == -1) error(1, errno, "open %s (%s)", name, mode);
-  f = gzdopen(fd, mode);
-  if (f == NULL) error(1, errno, "gzdopen %s (%s)", name, mode);
-  return f;
-}
-
-static void gzfatal(gzFile f, char *what)
-{
-  int err;
-  const char *msg = gzerror(f, &err);
-
-  error(1, (err == Z_ERRNO) ? errno : 0, "%s: %s", what, msg);
-}
-
-static void gunzip(char *arg)
-{
-  struct stat sb;
-  char buf[BUFSIZ];
-  int len, both_files;
-  char *in_name, *out_name;
-  gzFile in;
-  FILE *out;
-
-  // "gunzip x.gz" will decompress "x.gz" to "x".
-  len = strlen(arg);
-  if (len > 3 && !strcmp(arg+len-3, ".gz")) {
-    in_name = strdup(arg);
-    out_name = strdup(arg);
-    out_name[len-3] = '\0';
-  } else if (!strcmp(arg, "-")) {
-    // "-" means stdin; assume output to stdout.
-    // TODO: require -f to read compressed data from tty?
-    in_name = strdup("-");
-    out_name = strdup("-");
-  } else error(1, 0, "unknown suffix");
-
-  if (toys.optflags&FLAG_c) {
-    free(out_name);
-    out_name = strdup("-");
-  }
-
-  both_files = strcmp(in_name, "-") && strcmp(out_name, "-");
-  if (both_files) xstat(in_name, &sb);
-
-  in = xgzopen(in_name, O_RDONLY, 0, "r");
-  out = xfdopen(out_name, O_CREAT|O_WRONLY|((toys.optflags&FLAG_f)?0:O_EXCL),
-      both_files?sb.st_mode:0666, "w");
-
-  while ((len = gzread(in, buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) {
-    if (fwrite(buf, 1, len, out) != (size_t) len) error(1, errno, "fwrite");
-  }
-  if (len < 0) gzfatal(in, "gzread");
-  if (fclose(out)) error(1, errno, "fclose");
-  if (gzclose(in) != Z_OK) error(1, 0, "gzclose");
-
-  if (both_files) fix_time(out_name, &sb);
-  if (!(toys.optflags&(FLAG_c|FLAG_k))) unlink(in_name);
-  free(in_name);
-  free(out_name);
-}
-
-static void gzip(char *in_name)
-{
-  char buf[BUFSIZ];
-  size_t len;
-  char *out_name;
-  FILE *in;
-  gzFile out;
-  struct stat sb;
-  int both_files;
-
-  if (toys.optflags&FLAG_c) {
-    out_name = strdup("-");
-  } else {
-    if (asprintf(&out_name, "%s.gz", in_name) == -1) {
-      error(1, errno, "asprintf");
-    }
-  }
-
-  both_files = strcmp(in_name, "-") && strcmp(out_name, "-");
-  if (both_files) xstat(in_name, &sb);
-
-  snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "w%d", TT.level);
-  in = xfdopen(in_name, O_RDONLY, 0, "r");
-  out = xgzopen(out_name, O_CREAT|O_WRONLY|((toys.optflags&FLAG_f)?0:O_EXCL),
-      both_files?sb.st_mode:0, buf);
-
-  while ((len = fread(buf, 1, sizeof(buf), in)) > 0) {
-    if (gzwrite(out, buf, len) != (int) len) gzfatal(out, "gzwrite");
-  }
-  if (ferror(in)) error(1, errno, "fread");
-  if (fclose(in)) error(1, errno, "fclose");
-  if (gzclose(out) != Z_OK) error(1, 0, "gzclose");
-
-  if (both_files) fix_time(out_name, &sb);
-  if (!(toys.optflags&(FLAG_c|FLAG_k))) unlink(in_name);
-  free(out_name);
-}
-
-static void do_file(char *arg)
-{
-  if (toys.optflags&FLAG_d) gunzip(arg);
-  else gzip(arg);
-}
-
-static void usage()
-{
-  char *cmd = basename(getprogname());
-
-  printf("usage: %s [-c] [-d] [-f] [-#] [FILE...]\n", cmd);
-  printf("\n");
-  if (!strcmp(cmd, "zcat")) {
-    printf("Decompress files to stdout. Like `gzip -dc`.\n");
-    printf("\n");
-    printf("-c\tOutput to stdout\n");
-    printf("-f\tForce: allow read from tty\n");
-  } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "gunzip")) {
-    printf("Decompress files. With no files, decompresses stdin to stdout.\n");
-    printf("On success, the input files are removed and replaced by new\n");
-    printf("files without the .gz suffix.\n");
-    printf("\n");
-    printf("-c\tOutput to stdout\n");
-    printf("-f\tForce: allow read from tty\n");
-    printf("-k\tKeep input files (don't remove)\n");
-  } else { // gzip
-    printf("Compress files. With no files, compresses stdin to stdout.\n");
-    printf("On success, the input files are removed and replaced by new\n");
-    printf("files with the .gz suffix.\n");
-    printf("\n");
-    printf("-c\tOutput to stdout\n");
-    printf("-d\tDecompress (act as gunzip)\n");
-    printf("-f\tForce: allow overwrite of output file\n");
-    printf("-k\tKeep input files (don't remove)\n");
-    printf("-#\tCompression level 1-9 (1:fastest, 6:default, 9:best)\n");
-  }
-  printf("\n");
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-  char *cmd = basename(argv[0]);
-  int opt_ch;
-
-  toys.optflags = 0;
-  TT.level = 6;
-
-  if (!strcmp(cmd, "gunzip")) {
-    // gunzip == gzip -d
-    toys.optflags = FLAG_d;
-  } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "zcat")) {
-    // zcat == gzip -dc
-    toys.optflags = (FLAG_c|FLAG_d);
-  }
-
-  while ((opt_ch = getopt(argc, argv, "cdfhk123456789")) != -1) {
-    switch (opt_ch) {
-    case 'c': toys.optflags |= FLAG_c; break;
-    case 'd': toys.optflags |= FLAG_d; break;
-    case 'f': toys.optflags |= FLAG_f; break;
-    case 'k': toys.optflags |= FLAG_k; break;
-
-    case '1':
-    case '2':
-    case '3':
-    case '4':
-    case '5':
-    case '6':
-    case '7':
-    case '8':
-    case '9':
-      TT.level = opt_ch - '0';
-      break;
-
-    default:
-      usage();
-      return 1;
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (optind == argc) {
-    // With no arguments, we go from stdin to stdout.
-    toys.optflags |= FLAG_c;
-    do_file("-");
-    return 0;
-  }
-
-  // Otherwise process each file in turn.
-  while (optind < argc) do_file(argv[optind++]);
-  return 0;
-}