diff --git a/dists/linux/Makefile b/dists/linux/Makefile
index a4a66381a..13cd86082 100644
--- a/dists/linux/Makefile
+++ b/dists/linux/Makefile
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ run: build/$(ARCH)/usr/bin/ultrastardx
 compress: UltraStarDeluxe-$(ARCH).AppImage
 UltraStarDeluxe-$(ARCH).AppImage: build/$(ARCH)/usr/bin/ultrastardx build/$(ARCH)/usr/bin/VERSION
 	rm -f "./UltraStarDeluxe-$(ARCH).AppImage"
+	echo "INFO: Any warnings about zsync and binary delta updates can be ignored, since we don't use them."
 	PATH="prefix/$(ARCH)/bin:$$PATH" prefix/$(ARCH)/bin/appimagetool --comp xz build/$(ARCH) $@
 
 upload: UltraStarDeluxe-$(ARCH).AppImage
diff --git a/dists/linux/dl.sh b/dists/linux/dl.sh
index 2e568edea..9c09f0d69 100755
--- a/dists/linux/dl.sh
+++ b/dists/linux/dl.sh
@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@ deps+=('projectm,https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm/releases/downlo
 # 	deps+=('fpc-i686,https://sourceforge.net/projects/freepascal/files/Linux/3.0.4/fpc-3.0.4.i386-linux.tar,0a51364bd1a37f1e776df5357ab5bfca8cc7ddeb')
 # fi
 
-if ! true | zsyncmake -V >/dev/null ; then
-	deps+=('zsync,http://zsync.moria.org.uk/download/zsync-0.6.2.tar.bz2,5e69f084c8adaad6a677b68f7388ae0f9507617a')
-fi
-
 if ! desktop-file-validate -h >/dev/null ; then
 	deps+=('desktop-file-utils,https://www.freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils/releases/desktop-file-utils-0.26.tar.xz,9fd94cb7de302163015fcbc0e157c61323b1205d')
 fi
diff --git a/dists/linux/tasks.sh b/dists/linux/tasks.sh
index a44c302f1..bca653bc0 100755
--- a/dists/linux/tasks.sh
+++ b/dists/linux/tasks.sh
@@ -111,14 +111,6 @@ task_projectm() {
 	hide make distclean
 }
 
-task_zsync() {
-	start_build zsync || return 0
-	./configure --prefix="$PREFIX" CC="$CC" CXX="$CXX"
-	hide make $makearg
-	hide make install
-	hide make distclean
-}
-
 task_desktop_file_utils() {
 	start_build desktop-file-utils || return 0
 	CC="$CC" CXX="$CXX" meson setup --prefix "$PREFIX" --libdir=lib build
@@ -587,8 +579,6 @@ if [ "$1" == "all_deps" ]; then
 	echo
 	task_meson
 	echo
-	task_zsync
-	echo
 	task_desktop_file_utils
 	echo
 	task_AppImageKit