diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index bcd5f7f716..5bc6ffb952 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ SConscript(['opendbc_repo/SConscript'], exports={'env': env_swaglog})
 SConscript(['cereal/SConscript'])
 
 Import('socketmaster', 'msgq')
-messaging = [socketmaster, msgq, 'zmq', 'capnp', 'kj',]
+messaging = [socketmaster, msgq, 'capnp', 'kj',]
 Export('messaging')