diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/ZipArchiveResponse.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/ZipArchiveResponse.ts
index 66c3bbf026..b40780d125 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/ZipArchiveResponse.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/ZipArchiveResponse.ts
@@ -15,25 +15,17 @@
  */
 
 import archiver from 'archiver';
-import unzipper2, { Entry } from 'yauzl';
+import yauzl, { Entry } from 'yauzl';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import platformPath from 'path';
 import { Readable } from 'stream';
-// import unzipper, { Entry } from 'unzipper';
 import {
   ReadTreeResponse,
   ReadTreeResponseDirOptions,
   ReadTreeResponseFile,
 } from '../types';
+import { streamToBuffer } from './util';
 
-const streamToBuffer = async (stream: Readable): Promise<Buffer> => {
-  const buffers: Buffer[] = [];
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    stream.on('data', (data: Buffer) => buffers.push(data));
-    stream.on('error', reject);
-    stream.on('end', () => resolve(Buffer.concat(buffers)));
-  });
-};
 /**
  * Wraps a zip archive stream into a tree response reader.
  */
@@ -144,7 +136,7 @@ export class ZipArchiveResponse implements ReadTreeResponse {
     callback: (entry: Entry, content: Readable) => Promise<void>,
   ): Promise<void> {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      unzipper2.open(zip, { lazyEntries: true }, (err, zipfile) => {
+      yauzl.open(zip, { lazyEntries: true }, (err, zipfile) => {
         if (err) {
           reject(err);
           return;
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/util.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/util.ts
index 49c696467c..bfe02ac6c8 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/util.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/tree/util.ts
@@ -18,36 +18,18 @@
 // containing any character except `/` one or more times, and ending with a `/`
 // e.g. Will match `dirA/` in `dirA/dirB/file.ext`
 const directoryNameRegex = /^[^\/]+\//;
-
+import { Readable } from 'stream';
 // Removes the first segment of a forward-slash-separated path
 export function stripFirstDirectoryFromPath(path: string): string {
   return path.replace(directoryNameRegex, '');
 }
 
-// Some corrupted ZIP files cause the zlib inflater to hang indefinitely.
-// This is a workaround to bail on stuck streams after 3 seconds.
-// Related: https://github.com/ZJONSSON/node-unzipper/issues/213
-export async function streamToTimeoutPromise<T>(
-  stream: NodeJS.ReadableStream,
-  options: {
-    timeoutMs: number;
-    eventName: string;
-    getError: (data: T) => Error;
-  },
-) {
-  let lastEntryTimeout: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined;
-  stream.on(options.eventName, (data: T) => {
-    clearTimeout(lastEntryTimeout);
-
-    lastEntryTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
-      stream.emit('error', options.getError(data));
-    }, options.timeoutMs);
-  });
-
-  await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    stream.on('finish', resolve);
+// Concats the data into a buffer.
+export const streamToBuffer = async (stream: Readable): Promise<Buffer> => {
+  const buffers: Buffer[] = [];
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    stream.on('data', (data: Buffer) => buffers.push(data));
     stream.on('error', reject);
+    stream.on('end', () => resolve(Buffer.concat(buffers)));
   });
-
-  clearTimeout(lastEntryTimeout);
-}
+};