diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fa92885e8..a1c124ea7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@
     "json-front-matter": "~0.1.3",
     "grunt-shell": "~0.3.1",
     "jasmine-node": "git://github.com/kevinsawicki/jasmine-node.git#short-stacks",
-    "request": "~2.27.0",
-    "adm-zip": "~0.4.3"
+    "request": "~2.27.0"
   },
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/tasks/update-atom-shell-task.coffee b/tasks/update-atom-shell-task.coffee
index f614e0aee..3a23df177 100644
--- a/tasks/update-atom-shell-task.coffee
+++ b/tasks/update-atom-shell-task.coffee
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 fs = require 'fs'
 path = require 'path'
 
-AdmZip = require 'adm-zip'
 request = require 'request'
 
 module.exports = (grunt) ->
@@ -44,14 +43,10 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
     grunt.log.writeln('Unzipping atom-shell')
     directoryPath = path.dirname(zipPath)
 
-    try
-      zip = new AdmZip(zipPath)
-      zip.extractAllTo(directoryPath, true)
+    spawn {cmd: 'unzip', args: [zipPath, '-d', directoryPath]}, (error) ->
       rm(zipPath)
-      callback()
-    catch error
       callback(error)
-
+        
   rebuildNativeModules = (previousVersion, callback) ->
     newVersion = getAtomShellVersion()
     if newVersion and newVersion isnt previousVersion