diff --git a/bin/check_modules.pl b/bin/check_modules.pl
index 3c7d3c4dc1..f9e0546737 100755
--- a/bin/check_modules.pl
+++ b/bin/check_modules.pl
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ =head1 DESCRIPTION
 );
 
 my @modulesList = qw(
-	Archive::Zip
 	Archive::Zip::SimpleZip
 	Array::Utils
 	Benchmark
diff --git a/conf/site.conf.dist b/conf/site.conf.dist
index 3c5fca4e45..4d281656b3 100644
--- a/conf/site.conf.dist
+++ b/conf/site.conf.dist
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ $webwork_server_admin_email = '';
 ####################################################
 # system utilities
 ####################################################
-$externalPrograms{tar}   = "/bin/tar";
 $externalPrograms{git} = "/usr/bin/git";
 
 ####################################################
diff --git a/lib/HardcopyRenderedProblem.pm b/lib/HardcopyRenderedProblem.pm
index 13a6ed84a8..c13865bd13 100644
--- a/lib/HardcopyRenderedProblem.pm
+++ b/lib/HardcopyRenderedProblem.pm
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use warnings;
 
 use File::Path;
 use String::ShellQuote;
-use Archive::Zip qw(:ERROR_CODES);
+use Archive::Zip::SimpleZip qw($SimpleZipError);
 use Mojo::File qw(path tempdir);
 use XML::LibXML;
 
@@ -172,11 +172,10 @@ sub generate_hardcopy_tex {
 	push(@$errors, "Failed to generate error log file: $@")                                     if $@;
 
 	# Create a zip archive of the bundle directory
-	my $zip = Archive::Zip->new;
-	$zip->addTree($working_dir->dirname->to_string);
+	my $zip = Archive::Zip::SimpleZip->new($working_dir->dirname->child('hardcopy.zip')->to_string);
+	$zip->add($working_dir->dirname->to_string, storelinks => 1);
 
-	push(@$errors, qq{Failed to create zip archive of directory "$working_dir"})
-		unless ($zip->writeToFileNamed($working_dir->dirname->child('hardcopy.zip')->to_string) == AZ_OK);
+	push(@$errors, qq{Failed to create zip archive of directory "$working_dir": $SimpleZipError}) unless ($zip->close);
 
 	return;
 }
diff --git a/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Hardcopy.pm b/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Hardcopy.pm
index 34b8d36b07..7750346a72 100644
--- a/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Hardcopy.pm
+++ b/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Hardcopy.pm
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use File::Path;
 use File::Copy qw(move copy);
 use File::Temp qw/tempdir/;
 use String::ShellQuote;
-use Archive::Zip qw(:ERROR_CODES);
+use Archive::Zip::SimpleZip qw($SimpleZipError);
 use XML::LibXML;
 
 use WeBWorK::DB::Utils qw/user2global/;
@@ -739,12 +739,16 @@ sub generate_hardcopy_tex ($c, $temp_dir_path, $final_file_basename) {
 	}
 
 	# Create a zip archive of the bundle directory
-	my $zip = Archive::Zip->new();
-	$zip->addTree($temp_dir_path);
+	my $zip_file = "$temp_dir_path/$final_file_basename.zip";
+	my $zip      = Archive::Zip::SimpleZip->new($zip_file);
+	$zip->add($temp_dir_path, Name => "hardcopy_files", StoreLink => 1);
 
-	my $zip_file = "$final_file_basename.zip";
-	unless ($zip->writeToFileNamed("$temp_dir_path/$zip_file") == AZ_OK) {
-		$c->add_error('Failed to create zip archive of directory "', $c->tag('code', $bundle_path), '"');
+	unless ($zip->close) {
+		$c->add_error(
+			'Failed to create zip archive of directory "',
+			$c->tag('code', $bundle_path),
+			': $SimpleZipError"'
+		);
 		return "$bundle_path/$src_name";
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/WeBWorK/Utils/CourseManagement.pm b/lib/WeBWorK/Utils/CourseManagement.pm
index a9bcf931e8..cdc66ea056 100644
--- a/lib/WeBWorK/Utils/CourseManagement.pm
+++ b/lib/WeBWorK/Utils/CourseManagement.pm
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ use File::Path qw(rmtree);
 use File::Copy qw(move);
 use File::Copy::Recursive qw(dircopy);
 use File::Spec;
-use File::Find;
+use Mojo::File;
 use Archive::Tar;
 use Archive::Extract;
 use WeBWorK::CourseEnvironment;
@@ -759,12 +759,14 @@ sub archiveCourse {
 
 	##### step 2: tar and gzip course directory (including dumped database) #####
 
-	# we want tar to run from the parent directory of the course directory
-	chdir("$course_dir/..");
-	my @files;
 	my $parent_dir = $ce->{webworkDirs}{courses};
-	finddepth(sub { push(@files, $File::Find::name =~ s/$parent_dir\///r) }, $course_dir);
-	my $ok = Archive::Tar->create_archive($tmp_archive_path, COMPRESS_GZIP, @files);
+	my $files      = Mojo::File->new($course_dir)->list_tree({ dir => 1, hidden => 1 })->map('to_abs');
+	my $tar        = Archive::Tar->new;
+	$tar->add_files(@$files);
+	for ($tar->get_files) {
+		$tar->rename($_->full_path, $_->full_path =~ s!^$parent_dir/!!r);
+	}
+	my $ok = $tar->write($tmp_archive_path, COMPRESS_GZIP);
 
 	unless ($ok) {
 		_archiveCourse_remove_dump_dir($ce, $dump_dir);