diff --git a/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_xbmc-dharma b/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_xbmc-dharma
index 60d10269ef..e388f6c8ce 100755
--- a/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_xbmc-dharma
+++ b/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_xbmc-dharma
@@ -37,18 +37,9 @@ echo "cleaning sources..."
     find xbmc-dharma-$SVN_REV -name *.$i -exec rm -rf {} ";"
   done
 
-  # remove bundled libraries (including zlib and OSX), saves space and forces using external versions
-  for i in cximage-6.0/zlib libid3tag/zlib zlib
-  do
-    rm -rf xbmc-dharma-$SVN_REV/xbmc/lib/$i
-  done
-
   # bundled win32 binaries
   rm -r xbmc-dharma-$SVN_REV/xbmc/visualizations/XBMCProjectM/win32
 
-  # remove various headers 
-  rm xbmc-dharma-$SVN_REV/xbmc/FileSystem/zlib.h
-
 echo "packing sources..."
   tar cvjf xbmc-dharma-$SVN_REV.tar.bz2 xbmc-dharma-$SVN_REV
   tar cvjf xbmc-dharma-theme-Confluence-$SVN_REV.tar.bz2 xbmc-dharma-theme-Confluence-$SVN_REV