diff --git a/Dockerfile.openpilot_base b/Dockerfile.openpilot_base
index a51219dbd9..f676158de2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.openpilot_base
+++ b/Dockerfile.openpilot_base
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     libsqlite3-dev \
     libsystemd-dev \
     libusb-1.0-0-dev \
-    libczmq-dev \
     libzmq3-dev \
     locales \
     ocl-icd-libopencl1 \
diff --git a/tools/mac_setup.sh b/tools/mac_setup.sh
index c917d77f30..a6082f130d 100755
--- a/tools/mac_setup.sh
+++ b/tools/mac_setup.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ else
 fi
 
 brew install capnp \
-             czmq \
              coreutils \
              eigen \
              ffmpeg \
diff --git a/tools/ubuntu_setup.sh b/tools/ubuntu_setup.sh
index 2789d0b4f5..95e7f83809 100755
--- a/tools/ubuntu_setup.sh
+++ b/tools/ubuntu_setup.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y \
     libtool \
     libusb-1.0-0-dev \
     libzmq3-dev \
-    libczmq-dev \
     libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsmpeg-dev \
     libsdl1.2-dev  libportmidi-dev libswscale-dev libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev libfreetype6-dev \
     libsystemd-dev \