diff --git a/lib/cli/src/commands/create_exe.rs b/lib/cli/src/commands/create_exe.rs
index 5e685b3ab..3e6f000bb 100644
--- a/lib/cli/src/commands/create_exe.rs
+++ b/lib/cli/src/commands/create_exe.rs
@@ -1616,22 +1616,6 @@ fn find_zig_binary(path: Option<PathBuf>) -> Result<PathBuf> {
             }
         }
         retval
-            .or_else(|| {
-                #[cfg(feature = "http")]
-                {
-                    match try_autoinstall_zig() {
-                        Ok(p) => Some(p.join(get_zig_exe_str())),
-                        Err(e) => {
-                            eprintln!("Error when installing zig: {e}");
-                            None
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                #[cfg(not(feature = "http"))]
-                {
-                    None
-                }
-            })
             .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("Could not find `zig` binary in PATH."))?
     };
 
@@ -1660,148 +1644,3 @@ fn find_zig_binary(path: Option<PathBuf>) -> Result<PathBuf> {
         Ok(retval)
     }
 }
-
-fn get_zig_exe_str() -> &'static str {
-    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
-    {
-        "zig.exe"
-    }
-    #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
-    {
-        "zig"
-    }
-}
-
-/// Tries to auto-install zig into ~/.wasmer/utils/zig/{version}
-#[cfg(feature = "http")]
-fn try_autoinstall_zig() -> Result<PathBuf, anyhow::Error> {
-    let zig_dir = wasmer_registry::get_wasmer_root_dir()
-        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("no wasmer root dir"))?
-        .join("utils")
-        .join(get_zig_exe_str());
-    let mut existing_version = None;
-
-    if !zig_dir.exists() {
-        return install_zig(&zig_dir);
-    }
-
-    if let Ok(mut rd) = std::fs::read_dir(&zig_dir) {
-        existing_version = rd.next().and_then(|entry| {
-            let string = entry.ok()?.file_name().to_str()?.to_string();
-            if zig_dir.join(&string).join(get_zig_exe_str()).exists() {
-                Some(string)
-            } else {
-                None
-            }
-        })
-    }
-
-    if let Some(exist) = existing_version {
-        return Ok(zig_dir.join(exist));
-    }
-
-    install_zig(&zig_dir)
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "http")]
-fn install_zig(target_targz_path: &Path) -> Result<PathBuf, anyhow::Error> {
-    let url = "https://ziglang.org/download/index.json";
-    let resp = reqwest::blocking::get(url);
-    let resp = resp.map_err(|e| anyhow!("{e}")).context(anyhow!("{url}"))?;
-    let resp = resp.json::<ZiglangOrgJson>();
-    let resp = resp.map_err(|e| anyhow!("{e}")).context(anyhow!("{url}"))?;
-
-    let default_key = "master".to_string();
-    let (latest_version, latest_version_json) = resp
-        .versions
-        .get(&default_key)
-        .map(|v| (&default_key, v))
-        .or_else(|| resp.versions.iter().next())
-        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("no latest version of zig: {url}"))?;
-
-    let latest_version = match latest_version_json.version.as_ref() {
-        Some(s) => s,
-        None => latest_version,
-    };
-
-    let install_dir = target_targz_path.join(latest_version);
-    if install_dir.join(get_zig_exe_str()).exists() {
-        return Ok(install_dir);
-    }
-
-    let native_host_url = latest_version_json.get_native_host_url().ok_or_else(|| {
-        let native_host = format!("{}", target_lexicon::HOST);
-        anyhow!("could not get native host url for target {native_host:?}: {latest_version_json:#?}")
-    })?;
-    let _ = std::fs::create_dir_all(&install_dir);
-    wasmer_registry::download_and_unpack_targz(&native_host_url, &install_dir, true).context(
-        anyhow!(
-            "could not unpack {native_host_url} into {}",
-            install_dir.display()
-        ),
-    )
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "http")]
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-struct ZiglangOrgJson {
-    #[serde(flatten)]
-    versions: BTreeMap<String, ZiglangOrgJsonTarget>,
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "http")]
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-struct ZiglangOrgJsonTarget {
-    version: Option<String>,
-    date: String,
-    src: ZiglangOrgJsonBuildTarget,
-    #[serde(rename = "x86_64-freebsd")]
-    x86_64_freebsd: Option<ZiglangOrgJsonBuildTarget>,
-    #[serde(rename = "x86_64-macos")]
-    x86_64_macos: Option<ZiglangOrgJsonBuildTarget>,
-    #[serde(rename = "aarch64-macos")]
-    aarch64_macos: Option<ZiglangOrgJsonBuildTarget>,
-    #[serde(rename = "x86_64-windows")]
-    x86_64_windows: Option<ZiglangOrgJsonBuildTarget>,
-    #[serde(rename = "x86_64-linux")]
-    x86_64_linux: Option<ZiglangOrgJsonBuildTarget>,
-    #[serde(rename = "aarch64-linux")]
-    aarch64_linux: Option<ZiglangOrgJsonBuildTarget>,
-}
-
-impl ZiglangOrgJsonTarget {
-    pub fn get_native_host_url(&self) -> Option<String> {
-        let native_host = format!("{}", target_lexicon::HOST);
-        if native_host.starts_with("x86_64") {
-            if native_host.contains("freebsd") {
-                Some(self.x86_64_freebsd.as_ref()?.tarball.clone())
-            } else if native_host.contains("darwin") || native_host.contains("macos") {
-                Some(self.x86_64_macos.as_ref()?.tarball.clone())
-            } else if native_host.contains("windows") {
-                Some(self.x86_64_windows.as_ref()?.tarball.clone())
-            } else if native_host.contains("linux") {
-                Some(self.x86_64_linux.as_ref()?.tarball.clone())
-            } else {
-                None
-            }
-        } else if native_host.starts_with("aarch64") {
-            if native_host.contains("darwin") || native_host.contains("macos") {
-                Some(self.aarch64_macos.as_ref()?.tarball.clone())
-            } else if native_host.contains("linux") {
-                Some(self.aarch64_linux.as_ref()?.tarball.clone())
-            } else {
-                None
-            }
-        } else {
-            None
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "http")]
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-struct ZiglangOrgJsonBuildTarget {
-    tarball: String,
-    shasum: String,
-    size: String,
-}