diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 86458c4b872..f8066b7d3c9 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Ruby 2.0 is no longer officially supported.
 * Improve the logging messages of Sidekiq messages [#5988](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5988)
 * Improve the logging of Eyes output [#5989](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5989)
 * Gracefully handle XML parse errors within federation [#5991](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5991)
+* Remove zip-zip workaround gem [#6001](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6001)
 
 ## Bug fixes
 * Disable auto follow back on aspect deletion [#5846](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5846)
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 4d27cd231ae..9bf54f75a0d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ gem "rails-timeago",           "2.11.0"
 
 gem "logging-rails", "0.5.0", require: "logging/rails"
 
-# Workarounds
-# https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip#important-note
-gem "zip-zip"
+# Reading and writing zip files
+
+gem "rubyzip", "1.1.7"
 
 # Prevent occasions where minitest is not bundled in
 # packaged versions of ruby. See following issues/prs:
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index ebe8479a3f3..d48ab4f3a51 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -718,8 +718,6 @@ GEM
     will_paginate (3.0.7)
     xpath (2.0.0)
       nokogiri (~> 1.3)
-    zip-zip (0.3)
-      rubyzip (>= 1.0.0)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
@@ -830,6 +828,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rspec-rails (= 3.2.1)
   rubocop (= 0.31.0)
   ruby-oembed (= 0.8.14)
+  rubyzip (= 1.1.7)
   sass-rails (= 5.0.1)
   selenium-webdriver (= 2.45.0)
   shoulda-matchers (= 2.8.0)
@@ -851,4 +850,3 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   uuid (= 2.3.7)
   webmock (= 1.21.0)
   will_paginate (= 3.0.7)
-  zip-zip
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 46fe8f9f639..938422ae5c3 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ def queue_export_photos
   def perform_export_photos!
     temp_zip = Tempfile.new([username, '_photos.zip'])
     begin
-      Zip::ZipOutputStream.open(temp_zip.path) do |zos|
+      Zip::OutputStream.open(temp_zip.path) do |zos|
         photos.each do |photo|
           begin
             photo_file = photo.unprocessed_image.file
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 3a95098c318..517cacd856c 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -1065,14 +1065,14 @@
       expect(@user.exported_photos_at).to be_present
       expect(@user.exporting_photos).to be_falsey
       expect(@user.exported_photos_file.filename).to match /.zip/
-      expect(Zip::ZipFile.open(@user.exported_photos_file.path).entries.count).to eq(1)
+      expect(Zip::File.open(@user.exported_photos_file.path).entries.count).to eq(1)
     end
 
     it "does not add empty entries when photo not found" do
       File.unlink @user.photos.first.unprocessed_image.path
       @user.perform_export_photos!
       expect(@user.exported_photos_file.filename).to match /.zip/
-      expect(Zip::ZipFile.open(@user.exported_photos_file.path).entries.count).to eq(0)
+      expect(Zip::File.open(@user.exported_photos_file.path).entries.count).to eq(0)
     end
   end