diff --git a/launcher/InstanceImportTask.cpp b/launcher/InstanceImportTask.cpp
index 92cc89510..04600daa9 100644
--- a/launcher/InstanceImportTask.cpp
+++ b/launcher/InstanceImportTask.cpp
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@
 #include <QtConcurrentRun>
 #include <memory>
 
-#include <quazip/quazipdir.h>
-
 InstanceImportTask::InstanceImportTask(const QUrl& sourceUrl, QWidget* parent, QMap<QString, QString>&& extra_info)
     : m_sourceUrl(sourceUrl), m_extra_info(extra_info), m_parent(parent)
 {}
diff --git a/launcher/InstanceImportTask.h b/launcher/InstanceImportTask.h
index c3c833926..4c9e6feb5 100644
--- a/launcher/InstanceImportTask.h
+++ b/launcher/InstanceImportTask.h
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@
 #include <QUrl>
 #include "InstanceTask.h"
 
-class QuaZip;
-
 class InstanceImportTask : public InstanceTask {
     Q_OBJECT
    public:
diff --git a/launcher/MMCZip.cpp b/launcher/MMCZip.cpp
index 6a051ba63..349c6a809 100644
--- a/launcher/MMCZip.cpp
+++ b/launcher/MMCZip.cpp
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@
 #include "MMCZip.h"
 #include <archive.h>
 #include <qcontainerfwd.h>
-#include <quazip/quazip.h>
-#include <quazip/quazipdir.h>
-#include <quazip/quazipfile.h>
 #include "FileSystem.h"
 #include "archive/ArchiveReader.h"
 
@@ -201,21 +198,8 @@ std::optional<QStringList> extractSubDir(ArchiveReader* zip, const QString& subd
         return extracted;
     }
 
-    int flags;
-
-    /* Select which attributes we want to restore. */
-    flags = ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_TIME;
-    flags |= ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_PERM;
-    flags |= ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_ACL;
-    flags |= ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_FFLAGS;
-
-    std::unique_ptr<archive, void (*)(archive*)> extPtr(archive_write_disk_new(), [](archive* a) {
-        archive_write_close(a);
-        archive_write_free(a);
-    });
+    auto extPtr = ArchiveWriter::createDiskWriter();
     auto ext = extPtr.get();
-    archive_write_disk_set_options(ext, flags);
-    archive_write_disk_set_standard_lookup(ext);
 
     if (!zip->parse([&subdir, &target, &target_top_dir, ext, &extracted](ArchiveReader::File* f) {
             QString file_name = f->filename();
@@ -309,21 +293,8 @@ bool extractFile(QString fileCompressed, QString file, QString target)
     if (!f) {
         return false;
     }
-    int flags;
-
-    /* Select which attributes we want to restore. */
-    flags = ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_TIME;
-    flags |= ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_PERM;
-    flags |= ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_ACL;
-    flags |= ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_FFLAGS;
-
-    std::unique_ptr<archive, void (*)(archive*)> extPtr(archive_write_disk_new(), [](archive* a) {
-        archive_write_close(a);
-        archive_write_free(a);
-    });
+    auto extPtr = ArchiveWriter::createDiskWriter();
     auto ext = extPtr.get();
-    archive_write_disk_set_options(ext, flags);
-    archive_write_disk_set_standard_lookup(ext);
 
     return f->writeFile(ext, target);
 }
diff --git a/launcher/MMCZip.h b/launcher/MMCZip.h
index ab0f2d660..04fe90379 100644
--- a/launcher/MMCZip.h
+++ b/launcher/MMCZip.h
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <quazip.h>
-#include <quazip/JlCompress.h>
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QFuture>
@@ -46,14 +44,12 @@
 #include <QSet>
 #include <QString>
 #include <functional>
-#include <memory>
 #include <optional>
 #include "archive/ArchiveReader.h"
 
 #if defined(LAUNCHER_APPLICATION)
 #include "minecraft/mod/Mod.h"
 #endif
-#include "tasks/Task.h"
 
 namespace MMCZip {
 using FilterFileFunction = std::function<bool(const QFileInfo&)>;
diff --git a/launcher/archive/ArchiveReader.cpp b/launcher/archive/ArchiveReader.cpp
index e48d168ae..b2894b797 100644
--- a/launcher/archive/ArchiveReader.cpp
+++ b/launcher/archive/ArchiveReader.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ QByteArray ArchiveReader::File::readAll(int* outStatus)
     if (outStatus) {
         *outStatus = status;
     }
-    archive_read_close(m_archive.get());
     return data;
 }
 
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ bool ArchiveReader::File::writeFile(archive* out, QString targetFileName, bool n
     return (r > ARCHIVE_WARN);
 }
 
-bool ArchiveReader::parse(std::function<bool(File*)> doStuff)
+bool ArchiveReader::parse(std::function<bool(File*, bool&)> doStuff)
 {
     auto f = std::make_unique<File>();
     auto a = f->m_archive.get();
@@ -143,16 +142,24 @@ bool ArchiveReader::parse(std::function<bool(File*)> doStuff)
         return false;
     }
 
+    bool breakControl = false;
     while (f->readNextHeader() == ARCHIVE_OK) {
-        if (!doStuff(f.get())) {
+        if (!doStuff(f.get(), breakControl)) {
             qCritical() << "Failed to parse file:" << f->filename() << "-" << f->error();
             return false;
         }
+        if (breakControl) {
+            break;
+        }
     }
 
     archive_read_close(a);
     return true;
 }
+bool ArchiveReader::parse(std::function<bool(File*)> doStuff)
+{
+    return parse([doStuff](File* f, bool&) { return doStuff(f); });
+}
 
 bool ArchiveReader::File::isFile()
 {
diff --git a/launcher/archive/ArchiveReader.h b/launcher/archive/ArchiveReader.h
index 5cbf75308..383dfc760 100644
--- a/launcher/archive/ArchiveReader.h
+++ b/launcher/archive/ArchiveReader.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class ArchiveReader {
 
     std::unique_ptr<File> goToFile(QString filename);
     bool parse(std::function<bool(File*)>);
+    bool parse(std::function<bool(File*, bool&)>);
 
    private:
     QString m_archivePath;
diff --git a/launcher/archive/ArchiveWriter.cpp b/launcher/archive/ArchiveWriter.cpp
index a994f06aa..cc3b4ab27 100644
--- a/launcher/archive/ArchiveWriter.cpp
+++ b/launcher/archive/ArchiveWriter.cpp
@@ -176,4 +176,21 @@ bool ArchiveWriter::addFile(ArchiveReader::File* f)
 {
     return f->writeFile(m_archive, "", true);
 }
+std::unique_ptr<archive, void (*)(archive*)> ArchiveWriter::createDiskWriter()
+{
+    int flags = ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_TIME | ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_PERM | ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_ACL | ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_FFLAGS;
+
+    std::unique_ptr<archive, void (*)(archive*)> extPtr(archive_write_disk_new(), [](archive* a) {
+        if (a) {
+            archive_write_close(a);
+            archive_write_free(a);
+        }
+    });
+
+    archive* ext = extPtr.get();
+    archive_write_disk_set_options(ext, flags);
+    archive_write_disk_set_standard_lookup(ext);
+
+    return extPtr;
+}
 }  // namespace MMCZip
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/launcher/archive/ArchiveWriter.h b/launcher/archive/ArchiveWriter.h
index 2e26e4b5e..3dac29405 100644
--- a/launcher/archive/ArchiveWriter.h
+++ b/launcher/archive/ArchiveWriter.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ class ArchiveWriter {
     bool addFile(const QString& fileDest, const QByteArray& data);
     bool addFile(ArchiveReader::File* f);
 
+    static std::unique_ptr<archive, void (*)(archive*)> createDiskWriter();
+
    private:
     struct archive* m_archive = nullptr;
     QString m_filename;
diff --git a/launcher/archive/ExtractZipTask.cpp b/launcher/archive/ExtractZipTask.cpp
index 69069d550..15839ca45 100644
--- a/launcher/archive/ExtractZipTask.cpp
+++ b/launcher/archive/ExtractZipTask.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <QtConcurrent>
 #include "FileSystem.h"
 #include "archive/ArchiveReader.h"
+#include "archive/ArchiveWriter.h"
 
 namespace MMCZip {
 
@@ -28,21 +29,8 @@ auto ExtractZipTask::extractZip() -> ZipResult
         return ZipResult();
     }
 
-    int flags;
-
-    /* Select which attributes we want to restore. */
-    flags = ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_TIME;
-    flags |= ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_PERM;
-    flags |= ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_ACL;
-    flags |= ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_FFLAGS;
-
-    std::unique_ptr<archive, void (*)(archive*)> extPtr(archive_write_disk_new(), [](archive* a) {
-        archive_write_close(a);
-        archive_write_free(a);
-    });
+    auto extPtr = ArchiveWriter::createDiskWriter();
     auto ext = extPtr.get();
-    archive_write_disk_set_options(ext, flags);
-    archive_write_disk_set_standard_lookup(ext);
 
     setStatus("Extracting files...");
     setProgress(0, m_input.getFiles().count());
diff --git a/launcher/java/download/ArchiveDownloadTask.cpp b/launcher/java/download/ArchiveDownloadTask.cpp
index e632225b0..92357930b 100644
--- a/launcher/java/download/ArchiveDownloadTask.cpp
+++ b/launcher/java/download/ArchiveDownloadTask.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
  *  along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 #include "java/download/ArchiveDownloadTask.h"
-#include <quazip.h>
 #include <memory>
 
 #include "Application.h"
diff --git a/launcher/minecraft/World.cpp b/launcher/minecraft/World.cpp
index 854bb2ee8..8f7174a07 100644
--- a/launcher/minecraft/World.cpp
+++ b/launcher/minecraft/World.cpp
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@
 #include <FileSystem.h>
 #include <MMCZip.h>
 #include <io/stream_reader.h>
-#include <quazip/quazip.h>
-#include <quazip/quazipdir.h>
-#include <quazip/quazipfile.h>
 #include <tag_primitive.h>
 #include <tag_string.h>
 #include <sstream>
diff --git a/launcher/minecraft/launch/ExtractNatives.cpp b/launcher/minecraft/launch/ExtractNatives.cpp
index afe091758..3174e0e2a 100644
--- a/launcher/minecraft/launch/ExtractNatives.cpp
+++ b/launcher/minecraft/launch/ExtractNatives.cpp
@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@
 #include <launch/LaunchTask.h>
 #include <minecraft/MinecraftInstance.h>
 
-#include <quazip/quazip.h>
-#include <quazip/quazipdir.h>
 #include <QDir>
 #include "FileSystem.h"
-#include "MMCZip.h"
+#include "archive/ArchiveReader.h"
+#include "archive/ArchiveWriter.h"
 
 #ifdef major
 #undef major
@@ -41,30 +40,21 @@ static QString replaceSuffix(QString target, const QString& suffix, const QStrin
 
 static bool unzipNatives(QString source, QString targetFolder, bool applyJnilibHack)
 {
-    QuaZip zip(source);
-    if (!zip.open(QuaZip::mdUnzip)) {
-        return false;
-    }
+    MMCZip::ArchiveReader zip(source);
     QDir directory(targetFolder);
-    if (!zip.goToFirstFile()) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    do {
-        QString name = zip.getCurrentFileName();
+
+    auto extPtr = MMCZip::ArchiveWriter::createDiskWriter();
+    auto ext = extPtr.get();
+
+    return zip.parse([applyJnilibHack, directory, ext](MMCZip::ArchiveReader::File* f) {
+        QString name = f->filename();
         auto lowercase = name.toLower();
         if (applyJnilibHack) {
             name = replaceSuffix(name, ".jnilib", ".dylib");
         }
         QString absFilePath = directory.absoluteFilePath(name);
-        if (!JlCompress::extractFile(&zip, "", absFilePath)) {
-            return false;
-        }
-    } while (zip.goToNextFile());
-    zip.close();
-    if (zip.getZipError() != 0) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    return true;
+        return f->writeFile(ext, absFilePath);
+    });
 }
 
 void ExtractNatives::executeTask()
diff --git a/launcher/minecraft/mod/tasks/LocalDataPackParseTask.cpp b/launcher/minecraft/mod/tasks/LocalDataPackParseTask.cpp
index c37a25c21..768ac086e 100644
--- a/launcher/minecraft/mod/tasks/LocalDataPackParseTask.cpp
+++ b/launcher/minecraft/mod/tasks/LocalDataPackParseTask.cpp
@@ -23,12 +23,9 @@
 
 #include "FileSystem.h"
 #include "Json.h"
+#include "archive/ArchiveReader.h"
 #include "minecraft/mod/ResourcePack.h"
 
-#include <quazip/quazip.h>
-#include <quazip/quazipdir.h>
-#include <quazip/quazipfile.h>
-
 #include <QCryptographicHash>
 
 namespace DataPackUtils {
@@ -111,72 +108,72 @@ bool processZIP(DataPack* pack, ProcessingLevel level)
 {
     Q_ASSERT(pack->type() == ResourceType::ZIPFILE);
 
-    QuaZip zip(pack->fileinfo().filePath());
-    if (!zip.open(QuaZip::mdUnzip))
+    MMCZip::ArchiveReader zip(pack->fileinfo().filePath());
+
+    bool metaParsed = false;
+    bool directoryFound = false;
+    bool iconParsed = false;
+    bool mcmeta_result = false;
+    bool pack_png_result = false;
+    if (!zip.parse([&metaParsed, &directoryFound, &iconParsed, &mcmeta_result, &pack_png_result, pack, level](
+                       MMCZip::ArchiveReader::File* f, bool& breakControl) {
+            bool skip = true;
+            if (!metaParsed && f->filename() == "pack.mcmeta") {
+                metaParsed = true;
+                skip = false;
+                auto data = f->readAll();
+
+                mcmeta_result = DataPackUtils::processMCMeta(pack, std::move(data));
+
+                if (!mcmeta_result) {
+                    breakControl = true;
+                    return true;  // mcmeta invalid
+                }
+            }
+            if (!directoryFound) {
+                QString normalizedPath = QDir::cleanPath(pack->directory()) + QLatin1Char('/');
+                if (normalizedPath.startsWith('/'))
+                    normalizedPath.remove(0, 1);
+                directoryFound = f->filename().startsWith(normalizedPath, Qt::CaseInsensitive);
+            }
+            if (!iconParsed && level != ProcessingLevel::BasicInfoOnly && f->filename() == "pack.png") {
+                iconParsed = true;
+                skip = false;
+                auto data = f->readAll();
+
+                pack_png_result = DataPackUtils::processPackPNG(pack, std::move(data));
+                if (!pack_png_result) {
+                    breakControl = true;
+                    return true;  // pack.png invalid
+                }
+            }
+            if (skip) {
+                f->skip();
+            }
+            if (metaParsed && directoryFound && (level == ProcessingLevel::BasicInfoOnly || iconParsed)) {
+                breakControl = true;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        })) {
         return false;  // can't open zip file
-
-    QuaZipFile file(&zip);
-
-    auto mcmeta_invalid = [&pack]() {
+    }
+    if (!mcmeta_result) {
         qWarning() << "Data pack at" << pack->fileinfo().filePath() << "does not have a valid pack.mcmeta";
         return false;  // the mcmeta is not optional
-    };
-
-    if (zip.setCurrentFile("pack.mcmeta")) {
-        if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
-            qCritical() << "Failed to open file in zip.";
-            zip.close();
-            return mcmeta_invalid();
-        }
-
-        auto data = file.readAll();
-
-        bool mcmeta_result = DataPackUtils::processMCMeta(pack, std::move(data));
-
-        file.close();
-        if (!mcmeta_result) {
-            return mcmeta_invalid();  // mcmeta invalid
-        }
-    } else {
-        return mcmeta_invalid();  // could not set pack.mcmeta as current file.
     }
-
-    QuaZipDir zipDir(&zip);
-    if (!zipDir.exists(pack->directory())) {
+    if (!directoryFound) {
         return false;  // data dir does not exists at zip root
     }
 
     if (level == ProcessingLevel::BasicInfoOnly) {
-        zip.close();
         return true;  // only need basic info already checked
     }
 
-    auto png_invalid = [&pack]() {
+    if (!pack_png_result) {
         qWarning() << "Data pack at" << pack->fileinfo().filePath() << "does not have a valid pack.png";
         return true;  // the png is optional
-    };
-
-    if (zip.setCurrentFile("pack.png")) {
-        if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
-            qCritical() << "Failed to open file in zip.";
-            zip.close();
-            return png_invalid();
-        }
-
-        auto data = file.readAll();
-
-        bool pack_png_result = DataPackUtils::processPackPNG(pack, std::move(data));
-
-        file.close();
-        zip.close();
-        if (!pack_png_result) {
-            return png_invalid();  // pack.png invalid
-        }
-    } else {
-        zip.close();
-        return png_invalid();  // could not set pack.mcmeta as current file.
     }
-    zip.close();
 
     return true;
 }
@@ -321,28 +318,17 @@ bool processPackPNG(const DataPack* pack)
             return false;  // not processed correctly; https://github.com/PrismLauncher/PrismLauncher/issues/1740
         }
         case ResourceType::ZIPFILE: {
-            QuaZip zip(pack->fileinfo().filePath());
-            if (!zip.open(QuaZip::mdUnzip))
-                return false;  // can't open zip file
+            MMCZip::ArchiveReader zip(pack->fileinfo().filePath());
+            auto f = zip.goToFile("pack.png");
+            if (!f) {
+                return png_invalid();
+            }
+            auto data = f->readAll();
 
-            QuaZipFile file(&zip);
-            if (zip.setCurrentFile("pack.png")) {
-                if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
-                    qCritical() << "Failed to open file in zip.";
-                    zip.close();
-                    return png_invalid();
-                }
+            bool pack_png_result = DataPackUtils::processPackPNG(pack, std::move(data));
 
-                auto data = file.readAll();
-
-                bool pack_png_result = DataPackUtils::processPackPNG(pack, std::move(data));
-
-                file.close();
-                if (!pack_png_result) {
-                    return png_invalid();  // pack.png invalid
-                }
-            } else {
-                return png_invalid();  // could not set pack.mcmeta as current file.
+            if (!pack_png_result) {
+                return png_invalid();  // pack.png invalid
             }
             return false;  // not processed correctly; https://github.com/PrismLauncher/PrismLauncher/issues/1740
         }
diff --git a/launcher/minecraft/mod/tasks/LocalShaderPackParseTask.cpp b/launcher/minecraft/mod/tasks/LocalShaderPackParseTask.cpp
index a6ecc5353..3443966d5 100644
--- a/launcher/minecraft/mod/tasks/LocalShaderPackParseTask.cpp
+++ b/launcher/minecraft/mod/tasks/LocalShaderPackParseTask.cpp
@@ -22,10 +22,7 @@
 #include "LocalShaderPackParseTask.h"
 
 #include "FileSystem.h"
-
-#include <quazip/quazip.h>
-#include <quazip/quazipdir.h>
-#include <quazip/quazipfile.h>
+#include "archive/ArchiveReader.h"
 
 namespace ShaderPackUtils {
 
@@ -63,25 +60,19 @@ bool processZIP(ShaderPack& pack, ProcessingLevel level)
 {
     Q_ASSERT(pack.type() == ResourceType::ZIPFILE);
 
-    QuaZip zip(pack.fileinfo().filePath());
-    if (!zip.open(QuaZip::mdUnzip))
+    MMCZip::ArchiveReader zip(pack.fileinfo().filePath());
+    if (!zip.collectFiles())
         return false;  // can't open zip file
 
-    QuaZipFile file(&zip);
-
-    QuaZipDir zipDir(&zip);
-    if (!zipDir.exists("/shaders")) {
+    if (!zip.exists("/shaders")) {
         return false;  // assets dir does not exists at zip root
     }
     pack.setPackFormat(ShaderPackFormat::VALID);
 
     if (level == ProcessingLevel::BasicInfoOnly) {
-        zip.close();
         return true;  // only need basic info already checked
     }
 
-    zip.close();
-
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/launcher/minecraft/mod/tasks/LocalTexturePackParseTask.cpp b/launcher/minecraft/mod/tasks/LocalTexturePackParseTask.cpp
index 18020808a..921b6ce09 100644
--- a/launcher/minecraft/mod/tasks/LocalTexturePackParseTask.cpp
+++ b/launcher/minecraft/mod/tasks/LocalTexturePackParseTask.cpp
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@
 #include "LocalTexturePackParseTask.h"
 
 #include "FileSystem.h"
-
-#include <quazip/quazip.h>
-#include <quazip/quazipfile.h>
+#include "archive/ArchiveReader.h"
 
 #include <QCryptographicHash>
 
@@ -91,54 +89,35 @@ bool processZIP(TexturePack& pack, ProcessingLevel level)
 {
     Q_ASSERT(pack.type() == ResourceType::ZIPFILE);
 
-    QuaZip zip(pack.fileinfo().filePath());
-    if (!zip.open(QuaZip::mdUnzip))
-        return false;
+    MMCZip::ArchiveReader zip(pack.fileinfo().filePath());
 
-    QuaZipFile file(&zip);
+    {
+        auto file = zip.goToFile("pack.txt");
+        if (file) {
+            auto data = file->readAll();
 
-    if (zip.setCurrentFile("pack.txt")) {
-        if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
-            qCritical() << "Failed to open file in zip.";
-            zip.close();
-            return false;
-        }
+            bool packTXT_result = TexturePackUtils::processPackTXT(pack, std::move(data));
 
-        auto data = file.readAll();
-
-        bool packTXT_result = TexturePackUtils::processPackTXT(pack, std::move(data));
-
-        file.close();
-        if (!packTXT_result) {
-            return false;
+            if (!packTXT_result) {
+                return false;
+            }
         }
     }
 
     if (level == ProcessingLevel::BasicInfoOnly) {
-        zip.close();
         return true;
     }
 
-    if (zip.setCurrentFile("pack.png")) {
-        if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
-            qCritical() << "Failed to open file in zip.";
-            zip.close();
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        auto data = file.readAll();
+    auto file = zip.goToFile("pack.png");
+    if (file) {
+        auto data = file->readAll();
 
         bool packPNG_result = TexturePackUtils::processPackPNG(pack, std::move(data));
 
-        file.close();
-        zip.close();
         if (!packPNG_result) {
             return false;
         }
     }
-
-    zip.close();
-
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -189,32 +168,19 @@ bool processPackPNG(const TexturePack& pack)
             return false;
         }
         case ResourceType::ZIPFILE: {
-            QuaZip zip(pack.fileinfo().filePath());
-            if (!zip.open(QuaZip::mdUnzip))
-                return false;  // can't open zip file
+            MMCZip::ArchiveReader zip(pack.fileinfo().filePath());
 
-            QuaZipFile file(&zip);
-            if (zip.setCurrentFile("pack.png")) {
-                if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
-                    qCritical() << "Failed to open file in zip.";
-                    zip.close();
-                    return png_invalid();
-                }
-
-                auto data = file.readAll();
+            auto file = zip.goToFile("pack.png");
+            if (file) {
+                auto data = file->readAll();
 
                 bool pack_png_result = TexturePackUtils::processPackPNG(pack, std::move(data));
 
-                file.close();
                 if (!pack_png_result) {
-                    zip.close();
                     return png_invalid();  // pack.png invalid
                 }
-            } else {
-                zip.close();
-                return png_invalid();  // could not set pack.mcmeta as current file.
             }
-            return false;
+            return png_invalid();  // could not set pack.mcmeta as current file.
         }
         default:
             qWarning() << "Invalid type for resource pack parse task!";
diff --git a/launcher/minecraft/mod/tasks/LocalWorldSaveParseTask.cpp b/launcher/minecraft/mod/tasks/LocalWorldSaveParseTask.cpp
index d45f537fa..e763bf64b 100644
--- a/launcher/minecraft/mod/tasks/LocalWorldSaveParseTask.cpp
+++ b/launcher/minecraft/mod/tasks/LocalWorldSaveParseTask.cpp
@@ -23,13 +23,11 @@
 #include "LocalWorldSaveParseTask.h"
 
 #include "FileSystem.h"
-
-#include <quazip/quazip.h>
-#include <quazip/quazipdir.h>
-#include <quazip/quazipfile.h>
+#include "archive/ArchiveReader.h"
 
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFileInfo>
+#include <tuple>
 
 namespace WorldSaveUtils {
 
@@ -105,22 +103,41 @@ bool processFolder(WorldSave& save, ProcessingLevel level)
 ///             QString <name of folder containing level.dat>,
 ///             bool <saves folder found>
 ///         )
-static std::tuple<bool, QString, bool> contains_level_dat(QuaZip& zip)
+static std::tuple<bool, QString, bool> contains_level_dat(QString fileName)
 {
+    MMCZip::ArchiveReader zip(fileName);
+    if (!zip.collectFiles()) {
+        return std::make_tuple(false, "", false);
+    }
     bool saves = false;
-    QuaZipDir zipDir(&zip);
-    if (zipDir.exists("/saves")) {
+    if (zip.exists("/saves")) {
         saves = true;
-        zipDir.cd("/saves");
     }
 
-    for (auto const& entry : zipDir.entryList()) {
-        zipDir.cd(entry);
-        if (zipDir.exists("level.dat")) {
-            return std::make_tuple(true, entry, saves);
+    for (auto file : zip.getFiles()) {
+        QString relativePath = file;
+        if (saves) {
+            if (!relativePath.startsWith("saves/", Qt::CaseInsensitive))
+                continue;
+            relativePath = relativePath.mid(QString("saves/").length());
+        }
+        if (!relativePath.endsWith("/level.dat", Qt::CaseInsensitive))
+            continue;
+
+        int slashIndex = relativePath.indexOf('/');
+        if (slashIndex == -1)
+            continue;  // malformed: no slash between saves/ and level.dat
+
+        QString worldName = relativePath.left(slashIndex);
+        QString remaining = relativePath.mid(slashIndex + 1);
+
+        // Check that there's nothing between worldName/ and level.dat
+        if (remaining == "level.dat") {
+            QString worldDir = (saves ? "saves/" : "") + worldName;
+            return std::make_tuple(true, worldDir, saves);
         }
-        zipDir.cd("..");
     }
+
     return std::make_tuple(false, "", saves);
 }
 
@@ -128,19 +145,14 @@ bool processZIP(WorldSave& save, ProcessingLevel level)
 {
     Q_ASSERT(save.type() == ResourceType::ZIPFILE);
 
-    QuaZip zip(save.fileinfo().filePath());
-    if (!zip.open(QuaZip::mdUnzip))
-        return false;  // can't open zip file
-
-    auto [found, save_dir_name, found_saves_dir] = contains_level_dat(zip);
-
-    if (save_dir_name.endsWith("/")) {
-        save_dir_name.chop(1);
-    }
+    auto [found, save_dir_name, found_saves_dir] = contains_level_dat(save.fileinfo().filePath());
 
     if (!found) {
         return false;
     }
+    if (save_dir_name.endsWith("/")) {
+        save_dir_name.chop(1);
+    }
 
     save.setSaveDirName(save_dir_name);
 
@@ -151,14 +163,11 @@ bool processZIP(WorldSave& save, ProcessingLevel level)
     }
 
     if (level == ProcessingLevel::BasicInfoOnly) {
-        zip.close();
         return true;  // only need basic info already checked
     }
 
     // reserved for more intensive processing
 
-    zip.close();
-
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/launcher/modplatform/atlauncher/ATLPackInstallTask.cpp b/launcher/modplatform/atlauncher/ATLPackInstallTask.cpp
index a3f045d02..f107e4700 100644
--- a/launcher/modplatform/atlauncher/ATLPackInstallTask.cpp
+++ b/launcher/modplatform/atlauncher/ATLPackInstallTask.cpp
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@
 #include <QtConcurrent>
 #include <algorithm>
 
-#include <quazip/quazip.h>
-
 #include "FileSystem.h"
 #include "Json.h"
 #include "MMCZip.h"
diff --git a/launcher/modplatform/legacy_ftb/PackInstallTask.h b/launcher/modplatform/legacy_ftb/PackInstallTask.h
index 9d236decc..d3b8146ee 100644
--- a/launcher/modplatform/legacy_ftb/PackInstallTask.h
+++ b/launcher/modplatform/legacy_ftb/PackInstallTask.h
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #pragma once
-#include <quazip/quazip.h>
-#include <quazip/quazipdir.h>
 #include "InstanceTask.h"
 #include "PackHelpers.h"
 #include "meta/Index.h"
diff --git a/launcher/modplatform/technic/SingleZipPackInstallTask.h b/launcher/modplatform/technic/SingleZipPackInstallTask.h
index 09fc7b658..9dd54458d 100644
--- a/launcher/modplatform/technic/SingleZipPackInstallTask.h
+++ b/launcher/modplatform/technic/SingleZipPackInstallTask.h
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 #include "archive/ArchiveReader.h"
 #include "net/NetJob.h"
 
-#include <quazip/quazip.h>
-
 #include <QFutureWatcher>
 #include <QStringList>
 #include <QUrl>
diff --git a/nix/unwrapped.nix b/nix/unwrapped.nix
index d9144410f..1bdf193f9 100644
--- a/nix/unwrapped.nix
+++ b/nix/unwrapped.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   zlib,
   msaClientID ? null,
   gamemodeSupport ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux,
+  libarchive,
 }:
 assert lib.assertMsg (
   gamemodeSupport -> stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       kdePackages.qtbase
       kdePackages.qtnetworkauth
       kdePackages.quazip
+      libarchive
       tomlplusplus
       zlib
     ]