diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/update-installer.sh b/usr/lib/archboot/update-installer.sh
index c9b469512..227fb3437 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/update-installer.sh
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/update-installer.sh
@@ -260,10 +260,6 @@ _prepare_xfce() {
         _create_pacman_conf
         #shellcheck disable=SC2086
         pacman -Sy --config ${_PACMAN_CONF} >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
-        # workaround unsolvable zstd bug,
-        # booting with higher memory results in not having /var/lib/pacman/local/zstd-*
-        #shellcheck disable=SC2086
-        pacman -S zstd --config ${_PACMAN_CONF} --noconfirm --overwrite '*' >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
         for i in ${_XORG}; do
             #shellcheck disable=SC2086
             pacman -S ${i} --config ${_PACMAN_CONF} --noconfirm >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
@@ -277,10 +273,6 @@ _prepare_xfce() {
                 _IGNORE="${_IGNORE} --ignore ${i}"
             done
         fi
-        # workaround unsolvable zstd bug,
-        # booting with higher memory results in not having /var/lib/pacman/local/zstd-*
-        #shellcheck disable=SC2086
-        pacman -Sy zstd --noconfirm  --overwrite '*' >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
         #shellcheck disable=SC2086
         pacman -Syu ${_IGNORE} --noconfirm >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
         _cleanup_install