diff --git a/.github/workflows/distro_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/distro_tests.yml
index 9e0059cf0e..72b73dcacc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/distro_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/distro_tests.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
             elif [ "$ID" = "arch" ]; then
               pacman -Syu --noconfirm curl docker git bash base-devel
             elif [ "$ID" = "fedora" ]; then
-              dnf install -y curl docker git bash gcc make openssl-devel bzip2-devel libffi-devel zlib-devel xz-devel tk-devel gdbm-devel readline-devel sqlite-devel python3-libdnf5
+              dnf install -y curl docker git bash gcc make patch p7zip p7zip-plugins openssl-devel bzip2-devel libffi-devel zlib-devel xz-devel tk-devel gdbm-devel readline-devel sqlite-devel python3-libdnf5
             elif [ "$ID" = "gentoo" ]; then
               echo "media-libs/libglvnd X" >> /etc/portage/package.use/libglvnd
               emerge-webrsync
diff --git a/bbot/core/helpers/misc.py b/bbot/core/helpers/misc.py
index 216fa3a685..ad96cdb374 100644
--- a/bbot/core/helpers/misc.py
+++ b/bbot/core/helpers/misc.py
@@ -1333,7 +1333,11 @@ def which(*executables, path=None):
     for e in executables:
         location = shutil.which(e, path=path)
         if location:
-            return location
+            # Resolve directory symlinks but preserve the binary name.
+            # This fixes native 7zip on Fedora where /usr/sbin -> bin symlink
+            # causes codec loading to fail when invoked as /usr/sbin/7z.
+            resolved_dir = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(location))
+            return os.path.join(resolved_dir, os.path.basename(location))
 
 
 def search_dict_by_key(key, d):
diff --git a/bbot/modules/internal/unarchive.py b/bbot/modules/internal/unarchive.py
index 80dacc2f28..3cba8ef9ab 100644
--- a/bbot/modules/internal/unarchive.py
+++ b/bbot/modules/internal/unarchive.py
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ class unarchive(BaseInternalModule):
     async def setup(self):
         self.ignore_compressions = ["application/java-archive", "application/vnd.android.package-archive"]
         self.compression_methods = {
-            "zip": ["7z", "x", '-p""', "-aoa", "{filename}", "-o{extract_dir}/"],
+            "zip": ["7z", "x", "-aoa", "{filename}", "-o{extract_dir}/"],
             "bzip2": ["tar", "--overwrite", "-xvjf", "{filename}", "-C", "{extract_dir}/"],
             "xz": ["tar", "--overwrite", "-xvJf", "{filename}", "-C", "{extract_dir}/"],
-            "7z": ["7z", "x", '-p""', "-aoa", "{filename}", "-o{extract_dir}/"],
-            # "rar": ["7z", "x", '-p""', "-aoa", "{filename}", "-o{extract_dir}/"],
-            # "lzma": ["7z", "x", '-p""', "-aoa", "{filename}", "-o{extract_dir}/"],
+            "7z": ["7z", "x", "-aoa", "{filename}", "-o{extract_dir}/"],
+            # "rar": ["7z", "x", "-aoa", "{filename}", "-o{extract_dir}/"],
+            # "lzma": ["7z", "x", "-aoa", "{filename}", "-o{extract_dir}/"],
             "tar": ["tar", "--overwrite", "-xvf", "{filename}", "-C", "{extract_dir}/"],
             "gzip": ["tar", "--overwrite", "-xvzf", "{filename}", "-C", "{extract_dir}/"],
         }
diff --git a/bbot/test/test_step_2/module_tests/test_module_unarchive.py b/bbot/test/test_step_2/module_tests/test_module_unarchive.py
index 5a742ef969..84b53b7e72 100644
--- a/bbot/test/test_step_2/module_tests/test_module_unarchive.py
+++ b/bbot/test/test_step_2/module_tests/test_module_unarchive.py
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ async def setup_after_prep(self, module_test):
         tar_file = temp_path / "test.tar"
         tgz_file = temp_path / "test.tgz"
         commands = [
-            ("7z", "a", '-p""', "-aoa", f"{zip_file}", f"{text_file}"),
-            ("7z", "a", '-p""', "-aoa", f"{zip_zip_file}", f"{zip_file}"),
+            ("7z", "a", "-aoa", f"{zip_file}", f"{text_file}"),
+            ("7z", "a", "-aoa", f"{zip_zip_file}", f"{zip_file}"),
             ("tar", "-C", f"{temp_path}", "-cvjf", f"{bz2_file}", f"{text_file.name}"),
             ("tar", "-C", f"{temp_path}", "-cvJf", f"{xz_file}", f"{text_file.name}"),
-            ("7z", "a", '-p""', "-aoa", f"{zip7_file}", f"{text_file}"),
+            ("7z", "a", "-aoa", f"{zip7_file}", f"{text_file}"),
             # ("tar", "-C", f"{temp_path}", "--lzma", "-cvf", f"{lzma_file}", f"{text_file.name}"),
             ("tar", "-C", f"{temp_path}", "-cvf", f"{tar_file}", f"{text_file.name}"),
             ("tar", "-C", f"{temp_path}", "-cvzf", f"{tgz_file}", f"{text_file.name}"),