diff --git a/conf/include/maintainers.inc b/conf/include/maintainers.inc
index 01136aab..d6f2306a 100644
--- a/conf/include/maintainers.inc
+++ b/conf/include/maintainers.inc
@@ -54,4 +54,3 @@ RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-secureboot-selftest-image-signed = "Anuj Mittal <anuj.mitta
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-secureboot-selftest-image-unsigned = "Anuj Mittal <anuj.mittal@intel.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-thermald = "Anuj Mittal <anuj.mittal@intel.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-xf86-video-ast = "Anuj Mittal <anuj.mittal@intel.com>"
-RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-zlib-intel = "Naveen Saini <naveen.kumar.saini@intel.com>"
diff --git a/conf/layer.conf b/conf/layer.conf
index fb073b0d..b81d891c 100644
--- a/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/conf/layer.conf
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ BBFILES_DYNAMIC += " \
 
 require ${LAYERDIR}/conf/include/maintainers.inc
 
-PREFERRED_PROVIDER_zlib ?= "zlib"
-PREFERRED_PROVIDER_zlib-native ?= "zlib-native"
-PREFERRED_PROVIDER_nativesdk-zlib ?= "nativesdk-zlib"
-
 # Use the libva from OE-Core when layer is included but no MACHINE
 # from meta-intel is being used.
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_libva ?= "libva"
diff --git a/recipes-core/zlib/zlib-intel_1.2.11.1.jtkv6.3.bb b/recipes-core/zlib/zlib-intel_1.2.11.1.jtkv6.3.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index 71c21a04..00000000
--- a/recipes-core/zlib/zlib-intel_1.2.11.1.jtkv6.3.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-require recipes-core/zlib/zlib_1.2.11.bb
-
-FILESEXTRAPATHS:append = ":${COREBASE}/meta/recipes-core/zlib/zlib"
-
-SUMMARY = "Zlib Compression Library (Intel-tuned)"
-
-PROVIDES = "zlib"
-
-SRC_URI:remove = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/libpng/${BPN}/${PV}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.xz"
-SRC_URI:prepend = "git://github.com/jtkukunas/zlib.git;protocol=https;branch=master "
-
-SRCREV = "a43a247bfa16ec5368747b5b64f11ea5ca033010"
-S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
-
-RPROVIDES:${PN} += "zlib"
-RPROVIDES:${PN}-ptest += "zlib-ptest"
-
-UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "^v(?P<pver>(\d+(\.\d+)+)_jtkv(\d+(\.\d+)+))$"