diff --git a/tests/archive/ziptest.cpp b/tests/archive/ziptest.cpp
index e78786a742..a42248a37f 100644
--- a/tests/archive/ziptest.cpp
+++ b/tests/archive/ziptest.cpp
@@ -233,11 +233,8 @@ ArchiveTestSuite *ziptest::makeSuite()
 {
     ArchiveTestSuite::makeSuite();
 
-#if !defined WXARC_NO_POPEN && !defined __WXMSW__
-    // If have popen then can check the piped output of 'zip - -'.
-    // The gnuwin32 build of infozip does work for this, e.g.:
-    //  C:\>echo test data to pipe through zip | zip -q > foo.zip 
-    // doesn't produce a valid zip, so disabled for now.
+#if 0
+    // zip doesn't support this any more so disabled
     if (IsInPath(wxT("zip")))
         for (int options = 0; options <= PipeIn; options += PipeIn) {
             string name = Description(wxT("ZipPipeTestCase"), options,