diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b25972d..728a18b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -276,20 +276,14 @@ configure_file("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/contrib/installers/windows/setup.nsi.in" "${
 
 if(APPLE AND CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
     set(macos_app "Feather.app")
-    configure_file(contrib/macdeploy/background.tiff contrib/macdeploy/background.tiff COPYONLY)
     configure_file(contrib/macdeploy/Info.plist.in ${macos_app}/Contents/Info.plist @ONLY)
     configure_file(src/assets/images/appicons/appicon.icns ${macos_app}/Contents/Resources/appicon.icns COPYONLY)
 
-    set(xorrisofs_options)
-    if(DEFINED ENV{SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH})
-        set(xorrisofs_options -volume_date all_file_dates =$ENV{SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH})
-    endif()
     add_custom_target(deploy
             COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" --install "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" --config "$<CONFIG>" --prefix "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/release" --strip
             COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E make_directory "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${macos_app}/Contents/MacOS"
             COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E rename "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:feather>" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${macos_app}/Contents/MacOS/feather"
-            COMMAND PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH} INSTALL_NAME_TOOL=${CMAKE_INSTALL_NAME_TOOL} OTOOL=${OTOOL} STRIP=${CMAKE_STRIP} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus ${macos_app} ${PACKAGE_NAME}
-            COMMAND xorrisofs -D -l -V "${PACKAGE_NAME}" -no-pad -r -dir-mode 0755 -o ${PACKAGE_NAME}.dmg ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/dist -- ${xorrisofs_options}
+            COMMAND PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH} INSTALL_NAME_TOOL=${CMAKE_INSTALL_NAME_TOOL} OTOOL=${OTOOL} STRIP=${CMAKE_STRIP} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus ${macos_app} ${PACKAGE_NAME} -zip
             VERBATIM
             )
 endif()
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/native_ds_store.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/native_ds_store.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 980e062..0000000
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/native_ds_store.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-package=native_ds_store
-$(package)_version=1.3.0
-$(package)_download_path=https://github.com/dmgbuild/ds_store/archive/
-$(package)_file_name=v$($(package)_version).tar.gz
-$(package)_sha256_hash=76b3280cd4e19e5179defa23fb594a9dd32643b0c80d774bd3108361d94fb46d
-$(package)_install_libdir=$(build_prefix)/lib/python3/dist-packages
-
-define $(package)_build_cmds
-    python3 setup.py build
-endef
-
-define $(package)_stage_cmds
-    mkdir -p $($(package)_install_libdir) && \
-    python3 setup.py install --root=$($(package)_staging_dir) --prefix=$(build_prefix) --install-lib=$($(package)_install_libdir)
-endef
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/native_mac_alias.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/native_mac_alias.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d9891e..0000000
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/native_mac_alias.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-package=native_mac_alias
-$(package)_version=2.2.0
-$(package)_download_path=https://github.com/dmgbuild/mac_alias/archive/
-$(package)_file_name=v$($(package)_version).tar.gz
-$(package)_sha256_hash=421e6d7586d1f155c7db3e7da01ca0dacc9649a509a253ad7077b70174426499
-$(package)_install_libdir=$(build_prefix)/lib/python3/dist-packages
-
-define $(package)_build_cmds
-    python3 setup.py build
-endef
-
-define $(package)_stage_cmds
-    mkdir -p $($(package)_install_libdir) && \
-    python3 setup.py install --root=$($(package)_staging_dir) --prefix=$(build_prefix) --install-lib=$($(package)_install_libdir)
-endef
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk
index aad5c1f..4f31ec2 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ linux_packages := eudev liblzma libarchive libfuse libsquashfuse libappimage app
 linux_native_packages = native_patchelf
 
 darwin_packages :=
-darwin_native_packages = native_cctools native_libtapi native_clang native_ds_store native_mac_alias
+darwin_native_packages = native_cctools native_libtapi native_clang
 
 mingw32_packages = icu4c
 mingw32_native_packages = native_cmake
diff --git a/contrib/guix/libexec/build.sh b/contrib/guix/libexec/build.sh
index a515319..0dade7f 100755
--- a/contrib/guix/libexec/build.sh
+++ b/contrib/guix/libexec/build.sh
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ mkdir -p "$DISTSRC"
     case "$HOST" in
         *darwin*)
             make -C build deploy ${V:+V=1}
-            mv build/feather.dmg "${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}.dmg"
+            mv build/feather.zip "${OUTDIR}/${DISTNAME}.zip"
             ;;
     esac
 
diff --git a/contrib/guix/manifest.scm b/contrib/guix/manifest.scm
index c5f55e8..f62255a 100644
--- a/contrib/guix/manifest.scm
+++ b/contrib/guix/manifest.scm
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
              (gnu packages bash)
              (gnu packages bison)
              (gnu packages certs)
-             (gnu packages cdrom)
              (gnu packages check)
              (gnu packages cmake)
              (gnu packages commencement)
@@ -680,5 +679,5 @@ inspecting signatures in Mach-O binaries.")
           ((string-contains target "-linux-")
            (list (make-bitcoin-cross-toolchain target) cmake))
           ((string-contains target "darwin")
-           (list clang-toolchain-10 binutils cmake xorriso python-signapple))
+           (list clang-toolchain-10 binutils cmake python-signapple))
           (else '())))))
diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/README.md b/contrib/macdeploy/README.md
index 82ee4f2..2d47450 100644
--- a/contrib/macdeploy/README.md
+++ b/contrib/macdeploy/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The `macdeployqtplus` script should not be run manually. Instead, after building
 make deploy
 ```
 
-When complete, it will have produced `Bitcoin-Core.dmg`.
+When complete, it will have produced `Feather.zip`.
 
 ## SDK Extraction
 
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ previous stage) as the first argument.
 
 The `sha256sum` of the generated TAR.GZ archive should be `df75d30ecafc429e905134333aeae56ac65fac67cb4182622398fd717df77619`.
 
-## Deterministic macOS DMG Notes
+## Deterministic macOS App Notes
 
-Working macOS DMGs are created in Linux by combining a recent `clang`, the Apple
-`binutils` (`ld`, `ar`, etc) and DMG authoring tools.
+macOS Applications are created in Linux by combining a recent `clang` and the Apple
+`binutils` (`ld`, `ar`, etc).
 
 Apple uses `clang` extensively for development and has upstreamed the necessary
 functionality so that a vanilla clang can take advantage. It supports the use of `-F`,
@@ -93,20 +93,16 @@ created using these tools. The build process has been designed to avoid includin
 SDK's files in Guix's outputs. All interim tarballs are fully deterministic and may be freely
 redistributed.
 
-[`xorrisofs`](https://www.gnu.org/software/xorriso/) is used to create the DMG.
-
-A background image is added to DMG files by inserting a `.DS_Store` during creation.
-
 As of OS X 10.9 Mavericks, using an Apple-blessed key to sign binaries is a requirement in
 order to satisfy the new Gatekeeper requirements. Because this private key cannot be
 shared, we'll have to be a bit creative in order for the build process to remain somewhat
 deterministic. Here's how it works:
 
-- Builders use Guix to create an unsigned release. This outputs an unsigned DMG which
+- Builders use Guix to create an unsigned release. This outputs an unsigned ZIP which
   users may choose to bless and run. It also outputs an unsigned app structure in the form
   of a tarball, which also contains all of the tools that have been previously (deterministically)
   built in order to create a final DMG.
 - The Apple keyholder uses this unsigned app to create a detached signature, using the
   script that is also included there. Detached signatures are available from this [repository](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-detached-sigs).
 - Builders feed the unsigned app + detached signature back into Guix. It uses the
-  pre-built tools to recombine the pieces into a deterministic DMG.
+  pre-built tools to recombine the pieces into a deterministic ZIP.
diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/background.tiff b/contrib/macdeploy/background.tiff
deleted file mode 100644
index 1fb088c..0000000
Binary files a/contrib/macdeploy/background.tiff and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus b/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
index 0124479..9988d47 100755
--- a/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
+++ b/contrib/macdeploy/macdeployqtplus
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 
 import sys, re, os, platform, shutil, stat, subprocess, os.path
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
-from ds_store import DSStore
-from mac_alias import Alias
 from pathlib import Path
 from subprocess import PIPE, run
 from typing import List, Optional
@@ -384,7 +382,7 @@ def deployPlugins(appBundleInfo: ApplicationBundleInfo, deploymentInfo: Deployme
 
 ap = ArgumentParser(description="""Improved version of macdeployqt.
 
-Outputs a ready-to-deploy app in a folder "dist" and optionally wraps it in a .dmg file.
+Outputs a ready-to-deploy app in a folder "dist" and optionally wraps it in a .zip file.
 Note, that the "dist" folder will be deleted before deploying on each run.
 
 Optionally, Qt translation files (.qm) can be added to the bundle.""")
@@ -394,8 +392,8 @@ ap.add_argument("appname", nargs=1, metavar="appname", help="name of the app bei
 ap.add_argument("-verbose", nargs="?", const=True, help="Output additional debugging information")
 ap.add_argument("-no-plugins", dest="plugins", action="store_false", default=True, help="skip plugin deployment")
 ap.add_argument("-no-strip", dest="strip", action="store_false", default=True, help="don't run 'strip' on the binaries")
-ap.add_argument("-dmg", nargs="?", const="", metavar="basename", help="create a .dmg disk image")
 ap.add_argument("-translations-dir", nargs=1, metavar="path", default=None, help="Path to Qt's translations. Base translations will automatically be added to the bundle's resources.")
+ap.add_argument("-zip", nargs="?", const="", metavar="zip", help="create a .zip containing the app bundle")
 
 config = ap.parse_args()
 
@@ -416,12 +414,9 @@ if os.path.exists("dist"):
     print("+ Removing existing dist folder +")
     shutil.rmtree("dist")
 
-if os.path.exists(appname + ".dmg"):
-    print("+ Removing existing DMG +")
-    os.unlink(appname + ".dmg")
-
-if os.path.exists(appname + ".temp.dmg"):
-    os.unlink(appname + ".temp.dmg")
+if os.path.exists(appname + ".zip"):
+    print("+ Removing existing .zip +")
+    os.unlink(appname + ".zip")
 
 # ------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -496,61 +491,9 @@ with open(os.path.join(applicationBundle.resourcesPath, "qt.conf"), "wb") as f:
 
 # ------------------------------------------------
 
-print("+ Generating .DS_Store +")
-
-output_file = os.path.join("dist", ".DS_Store")
-
-ds = DSStore.open(output_file, 'w+')
-
-ds['.']['bwsp'] = {
-    'WindowBounds': '{{300, 280}, {500, 343}}',
-    'PreviewPaneVisibility': False,
-}
-
-icvp = {
-    'gridOffsetX': 0.0,
-    'textSize': 12.0,
-    'viewOptionsVersion': 1,
-    'backgroundImageAlias': b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x1e\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xd1\x94\\\xb0H+\x00\x05\x00\x00\x00\x98\x0fbackground.tiff\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x99\xd19\xb0\xf8\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\x00\r\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0b.background\x00\x00\x10\x00\x08\x00\x00\xd1\x94\\\xb0\x00\x00\x00\x11\x00\x08\x00\x00\xd19\xb0\xf8\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x04\x00\x00\x00\x98\x00\x0e\x00 \x00\x0f\x00b\x00a\x00c\x00k\x00g\x00r\x00o\x00u\x00n\x00d\x00.\x00t\x00i\x00f\x00f\x00\x0f\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x12\x00\x1c/.background/background.tiff\x00\x14\x01\x06\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x06\x00\x02\x00\x00\x0cMacintosh HD\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xce\x97\xab\xc3H+\x00\x00\x01\x88[\x88\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02u\xab\x8d\xd1\x94\\\xb0devrddsk\xff\xff\xff\xff\x00\x00\t \x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x07bitcoin\x00\x00\x10\x00\x08\x00\x00\xce\x97\xab\xc3\x00\x00\x00\x11\x00\x08\x00\x00\xd1\x94\\\xb0\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x14\x01\x88[\x88\x00\x16\xa9\t\x00\x08\xfaR\x00\x08\xfaQ\x00\x02d\x8e\x00\x0e\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x0f\x00\x1a\x00\x0c\x00M\x00a\x00c\x00i\x00n\x00t\x00o\x00s\x00h\x00 \x00H\x00D\x00\x13\x00\x01/\x00\x00\x15\x00\x02\x00\x14\xff\xff\x00\x00\xff\xff\x00\x00',
-    'backgroundColorBlue': 1.0,
-    'iconSize': 96.0,
-    'backgroundColorGreen': 1.0,
-    'arrangeBy': 'none',
-    'showIconPreview': True,
-    'gridSpacing': 100.0,
-    'gridOffsetY': 0.0,
-    'showItemInfo': False,
-    'labelOnBottom': True,
-    'backgroundType': 2,
-    'backgroundColorRed': 1.0
-}
-alias = Alias().from_bytes(icvp['backgroundImageAlias'])
-alias.volume.name = appname
-alias.volume.posix_path = '/Volumes/' + appname
-icvp['backgroundImageAlias'] = alias.to_bytes()
-ds['.']['icvp'] = icvp
-
-ds['.']['vSrn'] = ('long', 1)
-
-ds['Applications']['Iloc'] = (370, 156)
-ds['Feather.app']['Iloc'] = (128, 156)
-
-ds.flush()
-ds.close()
-
-# ------------------------------------------------
-
 if platform.system() == "Darwin":
     subprocess.check_call(f"codesign --deep --force --sign - {target}", shell=True)
 
-print("+ Installing background.tiff +")
-
-bg_path = os.path.join('dist', '.background', 'background.tiff')
-os.mkdir(os.path.dirname(bg_path))
-
-tiff_path = os.path.join('contrib', 'macdeploy', 'background.tiff')
-shutil.copy2(tiff_path, bg_path)
-
 # ------------------------------------------------
 
 print("+ Generating symlink for /Applications +")
@@ -559,36 +502,8 @@ os.symlink("/Applications", os.path.join('dist', "Applications"))
 
 # ------------------------------------------------
 
-if config.dmg is not None:
-
-    print("+ Preparing .dmg disk image +")
-
-    if verbose:
-        print("Determining size of \"dist\"...")
-    size = 0
-    for path, dirs, files in os.walk("dist"):
-        for file in files:
-            size += os.path.getsize(os.path.join(path, file))
-    size += int(size * 0.15)
-
-    if verbose:
-        print("Creating temp image for modification...")
-
-    tempname: str = appname + ".temp.dmg"
-
-    run(["hdiutil", "create", tempname, "-srcfolder", "dist", "-format", "UDRW", "-size", str(size), "-volname", appname], check=True, universal_newlines=True)
-
-    if verbose:
-        print("Attaching temp image...")
-    output = run(["hdiutil", "attach", tempname, "-readwrite"], check=True, universal_newlines=True, stdout=PIPE).stdout
-
-    print("+ Finalizing .dmg disk image +")
-
-    run(["hdiutil", "detach", f"/Volumes/{appname}"], universal_newlines=True)
-
-    run(["hdiutil", "convert", tempname, "-format", "UDZO", "-o", appname, "-imagekey", "zlib-level=9"], check=True, universal_newlines=True)
-
-    os.unlink(tempname)
+if config.zip is not None:
+    shutil.make_archive('{}'.format(appname), format='zip', root_dir='dist', base_dir='Feather.app')
 
 # ------------------------------------------------