diff --git a/tor-build/Makefile b/tor-build/Makefile
index e265b2861456ceb3f34233ab281d67ea22bf6d8a..62952a0b5b8f24bb7f104aa7735bdde6cb9f0e9f 100644
--- a/tor-build/Makefile
+++ b/tor-build/Makefile
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ INSTALL_DIR := $(EXTERNAL_ROOT)/lib/$(APP_ABI)
 	openssl-clean \
 	libevent-clean \
 	lzma-clean \
-	zstd-clean \
 	tor tor-clean
 
 all: test-setup tor
@@ -213,39 +212,6 @@ lzma-clean:
 	-cd xz && \
 		git clean -fdx > /dev/null
 
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
-# zstd
-
-zstd-build-stamp:
-	$(MAKE) -C zstd/lib \
-		PREFIX=$(EXTERNAL_ROOT) \
-		libzstd.a-mt
-	$(MAKE) -C zstd/lib \
-		PREFIX=$(EXTERNAL_ROOT) \
-		libzstd.pc
-	test -d lib || mkdir lib
-	test -d lib/pkgconfig || mkdir lib/pkgconfig
-	test -d include || mkdir include
-	cp zstd/lib/libzstd.a lib
-	cp zstd/lib/libzstd.pc lib/pkgconfig
-	cp zstd/lib/zstd.h include
-	cp zstd/lib/common/zstd_errors.h include
-	cp zstd/lib/deprecated/zbuff.h include
-	cp zstd/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.h include
-	touch $@
-
-zstd-clean:
-	-rm -f include/zstd.h include/zstd_errors.h include/zbuff.h include/zdict.h
-	-rm -f lib/libzstd.a
-	-rm -f lib/pkgconfig/libzstd.pc
-	-rm -f zstd-build-stamp
-	-$(MAKE) -C zstd uninstall
-	-$(MAKE) -C zstd clean
-	-cd zstd && \
-		git clean -fdx > /dev/null
-
-
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 # tor
 
@@ -259,7 +225,6 @@ tor/Makefile: tor/configure.ac tor/Makefile.am
 				--enable-pic \
 				--enable-static-libevent --with-libevent-dir=$(EXTERNAL_ROOT) \
 				--enable-static-openssl --with-openssl-dir=$(EXTERNAL_ROOT) \
-				--enable-zstd \
 				--disable-module-dirauth \
 				--disable-module-relay \
 				--disable-unittests \
@@ -276,7 +241,7 @@ tor-build-stamp: tor/Makefile
 	$(NDK_TOOLCHAIN_BASE)/bin/$(ALTHOST)-strip -D $(OUTPUT_FILE)
 	touch $@
 
-tor: lzma-build-stamp zstd-build-stamp libevent-build-stamp openssl-build-stamp tor-build-stamp
+tor: lzma-build-stamp libevent-build-stamp openssl-build-stamp tor-build-stamp
 
 tor-clean:
 	-rm -f $(OUTPUT_FILE)
@@ -288,7 +253,7 @@ tor-clean:
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 # cleanup, cleanup, put the toys away
 
-clean: openssl-clean libevent-clean lzma-clean zstd-clean tor-clean
+clean: openssl-clean libevent-clean lzma-clean tor-clean
 
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#