diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 845cdb227f..207e34e49b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -14709,7 +14709,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winresource",
  "workspace",
  "zed_actions",
- "zstd",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/zed/Cargo.toml b/crates/zed/Cargo.toml
index dda06ff7d2..d80db98393 100644
--- a/crates/zed/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/zed/Cargo.toml
@@ -125,8 +125,6 @@ winresource = "0.1"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 ashpd.workspace = true
-# We don't use zstd in the zed crate, but we want to add this feature when compiling a desktop build of Zed
-zstd = { workspace = true, features = [ "pkg-config" ] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 call = { workspace = true, features = ["test-support"] }