diff --git a/internal/zero/reader.go b/internal/zero/reader.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 588446d..0000000
--- a/internal/zero/reader.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package zero
-
-import "io"
-
-type reader struct{}
-
-func (reader) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
-	for i := range p {
-		p[i] = 0
-	}
-
-	return len(p), nil
-}
-
-// NewReader returns an io.Reader that behaves like /dev/zero in that when
-// read from will always return an unlimited stream of zero bytes.
-func NewReader() io.Reader {
-	return new(reader)
-}
diff --git a/internal/zero/reader_test.go b/internal/zero/reader_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 28b6138..0000000
--- a/internal/zero/reader_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-package zero_test
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"io"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/bodgit/rvz/internal/zero"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-)
-
-const limit = 10
-
-func TestReader(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	r := zero.NewReader()
-	b := new(bytes.Buffer)
-
-	n, err := io.Copy(b, io.LimitReader(r, limit))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	assert.Equal(t, limit, int(n))
-	assert.Equal(t, limit, b.Len())
-	assert.Equal(t, bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x00}, limit), b.Bytes())
-}
diff --git a/part.go b/part.go
index 6b36ef1..287d830 100644
--- a/part.go
+++ b/part.go
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"runtime"
 
+	"github.com/bodgit/plumbing"
 	"github.com/bodgit/rvz/internal/util"
-	"github.com/bodgit/rvz/internal/zero"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (pr *partReader) readGroup(i int) error {
 	var (
 		rc  io.ReadCloser
 		err error
-		zr  = zero.NewReader()
+		zr  = plumbing.DevZero()
 		r   io.Reader
 	)
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func (pr *partReader) readGroup(i int) error {
 			_, _ = pr.h0[j].Write(h.Sum(nil))
 		}
 
-		_, _ = io.CopyN(pr.h0[j], zero.NewReader(), h0Padding)
+		_, _ = io.CopyN(pr.h0[j], plumbing.DevZero(), h0Padding)
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (pr *partReader) writeHashes() {
 			_, _ = pr.h1[i].Write(h.Sum(nil))
 		}
 
-		_, _ = io.CopyN(pr.h1[i], zero.NewReader(), h1Padding)
+		_, _ = io.CopyN(pr.h1[i], plumbing.DevZero(), h1Padding)
 	}
 
 	// Calculate the H2 hashes
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func (pr *partReader) writeHashes() {
 		_, _ = pr.h2.Write(h.Sum(nil))
 	}
 
-	_, _ = io.CopyN(pr.h2, zero.NewReader(), h2Padding)
+	_, _ = io.CopyN(pr.h2, plumbing.DevZero(), h2Padding)
 }
 
 //nolint:gochecknoglobals
diff --git a/reader.go b/reader.go
index 78199ee..caf1bf7 100644
--- a/reader.go
+++ b/reader.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/bodgit/plumbing"
 	"github.com/bodgit/rvz/internal/packed"
 	"github.com/bodgit/rvz/internal/util"
-	"github.com/bodgit/rvz/internal/zero"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ func (r *reader) groupReader(g int, offset int64, partition bool) (rc io.ReadClo
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}
 	case group.size() == 0:
-		rc = io.NopCloser(io.LimitReader(zero.NewReader(), r.disc.chunkSize(partition)))
+		rc = io.NopCloser(io.LimitReader(plumbing.DevZero(), r.disc.chunkSize(partition)))
 	default:
 		rc = io.NopCloser(io.NewSectionReader(r.ra, group.offset(), group.size()))
 	}