diff --git a/scripts/create_zip.sh b/scripts/create_zip.sh
index 91f6d4aaa..0a64a44b7 100755
--- a/scripts/create_zip.sh
+++ b/scripts/create_zip.sh
@@ -109,9 +109,6 @@ do
     cp ${ESP_BINARY_NAME}_combined_512.bin $ZIPDIR || { echo "Build of $BOARDNAME failed" ; exit 1; }
   elif [ "$BOARDNAME" == "ESP8266_4MB" ]; then
     tar -C $ZIPDIR -xzf ${ESP_BINARY_NAME}.tgz || { echo "Build of $BOARDNAME failed" ; exit 1; }
-    # build a combined image
-    bash -c "$EXTRADEFS RELEASE=1 BOARD=$BOARDNAME make combined" || { echo "Build of $BOARDNAME failed" ; exit 1; }
-    cp ${ESP_BINARY_NAME}_combined_4096.bin $ZIPDIR || { echo "Build of $BOARDNAME failed" ; exit 1; }
   else
     echo Copying ${ESP_BINARY_NAME} to $ZIPDIR/$NEW_BINARY_NAME
     cp ${ESP_BINARY_NAME} $ZIPDIR/$NEW_BINARY_NAME || { echo "Build of $BOARDNAME failed" ; exit 1; }