diff --git a/packages/kernel-5.10/config-bottlerocket b/packages/kernel-5.10/config-bottlerocket
index 264e12b633c..48a9d61ae52 100644
--- a/packages/kernel-5.10/config-bottlerocket
+++ b/packages/kernel-5.10/config-bottlerocket
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ CONFIG_ZSTD_COMPRESS=y
 CONFIG_ZSTD_DECOMPRESS=y
 CONFIG_DECOMPRESS_ZSTD=y
 
-# Enable xz modules compression
+# Enable gz modules compression
 CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS=y
-CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ=y
+CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP=y
 
 # Load i8042 controller, keyboard, and mouse as modules, to avoid waiting for
 # them before mounting the root device.
diff --git a/packages/kernel-5.15/config-bottlerocket b/packages/kernel-5.15/config-bottlerocket
index 3e963c6ed94..17c211587e6 100644
--- a/packages/kernel-5.15/config-bottlerocket
+++ b/packages/kernel-5.15/config-bottlerocket
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ CONFIG_ZSTD_COMPRESS=y
 CONFIG_ZSTD_DECOMPRESS=y
 CONFIG_DECOMPRESS_ZSTD=y
 
-# Enable xz modules compression
+# Enable gz modules compression
 # CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_NONE is not set
-CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ=y
+CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP=y
 
 # Add virtio drivers for development setups running as guests in qemu
 CONFIG_VIRTIO_CONSOLE=m
diff --git a/packages/kernel-6.1/config-bottlerocket b/packages/kernel-6.1/config-bottlerocket
index 000efd66e84..812bf19cb62 100644
--- a/packages/kernel-6.1/config-bottlerocket
+++ b/packages/kernel-6.1/config-bottlerocket
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ CONFIG_ZSTD_COMPRESS=y
 CONFIG_ZSTD_DECOMPRESS=y
 CONFIG_DECOMPRESS_ZSTD=y
 
-# Enable xz modules compression
+# Enable gz modules compression
 # CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_NONE is not set
-CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ=y
+CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP=y
 
 # Add virtio drivers for development setups running as guests in qemu
 CONFIG_VIRTIO_CONSOLE=m
diff --git a/packages/kmod/Cargo.toml b/packages/kmod/Cargo.toml
index cfc05a9e331..84bee98b5f3 100644
--- a/packages/kmod/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/kmod/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ sha512 = "05ca70381808bec5f262b94db625662c385408988178a35e4aaf4960ee0716dc0cbfc3
 
 [build-dependencies]
 glibc = { path = "../glibc" }
-liblzma = { path = "../liblzma" }
+libz = { path = "../libz" }
 libzstd = { path = "../libzstd" }
diff --git a/packages/kmod/kmod.spec b/packages/kmod/kmod.spec
index 808723224d2..80046f55465 100644
--- a/packages/kmod/kmod.spec
+++ b/packages/kmod/kmod.spec
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
 URL: http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git;a=summary
 Source0: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod-%{version}.tar.xz
 BuildRequires: %{_cross_os}glibc-devel
-BuildRequires: %{_cross_os}liblzma-devel
+BuildRequires: %{_cross_os}libz-devel
 BuildRequires: %{_cross_os}libzstd-devel
-Requires: %{_cross_os}liblzma
+Requires: %{_cross_os}libz
 Requires: %{_cross_os}libzstd
 
 %description
@@ -28,10 +28,9 @@ cp tools/COPYING COPYING.GPL
 
 %build
 %cross_configure \
-  --with-xz \
+  --with-zlib \
   --with-zstd \
-  --without-openssl \
-  --without-zlib
+  --without-openssl
 
 %make_build
 
diff --git a/packages/liblzma/Cargo.toml b/packages/liblzma/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 169de559952..00000000000
--- a/packages/liblzma/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "liblzma"
-version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2021"
-publish = false
-build = "../build.rs"
-
-[lib]
-path = "../packages.rs"
-
-[package.metadata.build-package]
-releases-url = "https://tukaani.org/xz"
-
-[[package.metadata.build-package.external-files]]
-url = "https://tukaani.org/xz/xz-5.4.5.tar.xz"
-sha512 = "5cbc3b5bb35a9f5773ad657788fe77013471e3b621c5a8149deb7389d48535926e5bed103456fcfe5ecb044b236b1055b03938a6cc877cfc749372b899fc79e5"
-
-[build-dependencies]
-glibc = { path = "../glibc" }
diff --git a/packages/liblzma/liblzma.spec b/packages/liblzma/liblzma.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index 946495c72e0..00000000000
--- a/packages/liblzma/liblzma.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-Name: %{_cross_os}liblzma
-Version: 5.4.5
-Release: 1%{?dist}
-Summary: Library for XZ and LZMA compressed files
-URL: https://tukaani.org/xz
-License: LicenseRef-scancode-lzma-sdk-pd
-Source: https://tukaani.org/xz/xz-%{version}.tar.xz
-BuildRequires: %{_cross_os}glibc-devel
-
-%description
-%{summary}.
-
-%package devel
-Summary: Files for development using the library for XZ and LZMA compression
-Requires: %{name}
-
-%description devel
-%{summary}.
-
-%prep
-%setup -n xz-%{version}
-
-%build
-%cross_configure \
-  --disable-doc \
-  --disable-lzma-links \
-  --disable-lzmadec \
-  --disable-lzmainfo \
-  --disable-scripts \
-  --disable-xz \
-  --disable-xzdec
-%make_build
-
-%install
-%make_install
-
-%files
-%license COPYING
-%{_cross_attribution_file}
-%{_cross_libdir}/*.so.*
-%exclude %{_cross_localedir}
-
-%files devel
-%{_cross_includedir}/*.h
-%{_cross_includedir}/lzma/*.h
-%{_cross_libdir}/*.a
-%{_cross_libdir}/*.so
-%{_cross_pkgconfigdir}/*.pc
-%exclude %{_cross_libdir}/*.la
diff --git a/variants/Cargo.lock b/variants/Cargo.lock
index febf0798b83..49889c4cde2 100644
--- a/variants/Cargo.lock
+++ b/variants/Cargo.lock
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ name = "kmod"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "glibc",
- "liblzma",
+ "libz",
  "libzstd",
 ]
 
@@ -746,13 +746,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "glibc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "liblzma"
-version = "0.1.0"
-dependencies = [
- "glibc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libmnl"
 version = "0.1.0"