diff --git a/sys-libs/zlib/zlib-1.2.3.recipe b/sys-libs/zlib/zlib-1.2.3.recipe
deleted file mode 100644
index 388677748..000000000
--- a/sys-libs/zlib/zlib-1.2.3.recipe
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION="zlib" 
-HOMEPAGE="http://www.zlib.net/" 
-SRC_URI="http://www.zlib.net/zlib-1.2.3.tar.bz2"
-CHECKSUM_MD5="dee233bf288ee795ac96a98cc2e369b6"
-REVISION="1"
-STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
-DEPEND=""
-BUILD()
-{
-	cd zlib-1.2.3
-	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY`
-	make
-}
-
-INSTALL()
-{
-	cd zlib-1.2.3
-	make install
-}
-LICENSE="Zlib"
-COPYRIGHT="1995-2005 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler"
diff --git a/sys-libs/zlib/zlib-1.2.5.recipe b/sys-libs/zlib/zlib-1.2.5.recipe
deleted file mode 100644
index e5a947a9e..000000000
--- a/sys-libs/zlib/zlib-1.2.5.recipe
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION="zlib" 
-HOMEPAGE="http://www.zlib.net/" 
-SRC_URI="http://www.zlib.net/zlib-1.2.5.tar.bz2"
-CHECKSUM_MD5="be1e89810e66150f5b0327984d8625a0"
-REVISION="1"
-STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
-DEPEND=""
-BUILD()
-{
-	cd zlib-1.2.5
-	sed -i 's/share\/man/documentation\/man/' CMakeLists.txt
-	cmake .
-	make
-}
-
-INSTALL()
-{
-	cd zlib-1.2.5
-	make install
-}
-LICENSE="Zlib"
-COPYRIGHT="1995-2005 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler"
diff --git a/sys-libs/zlib/zlib-1.2.7.recipe b/sys-libs/zlib/zlib-1.2.7.recipe
deleted file mode 100644
index f3b1b8ad9..000000000
--- a/sys-libs/zlib/zlib-1.2.7.recipe
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION="zlib" 
-HOMEPAGE="http://www.zlib.net/" 
-SRC_URI="http://zlib.net/zlib-1.2.7.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_MD5="60df6a37c56e7c1366cca812414f7b85"
-REVISION="1"
-STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
-DEPEND=""
-BUILD()
-{
-	cd zlib-1.2.7
-	sed -i 's/share\/man/documentation\/man/' CMakeLists.txt
-	sed -i 's/share\/pkgconfig/lib\/pkgconfig/' CMakeLists.txt	
-	cmake .
-	make
-}
-
-INSTALL()
-{
-	cd zlib-1.2.7
-	make install
-}
-LICENSE="Zlib"
-COPYRIGHT="1995-2005 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler"