--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -336,9 +336,11 @@
         <configuration>
           <excludes>
             <exclude>**/brotli/**</exclude>
+            <exclude>**/zstandard/**</exclude>
           </excludes>
           <testExcludes>
             <testExclude>**/brotli/**</testExclude>
+            <testExclude>**/zstandard/**</testExclude>
           </testExcludes>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/compressors/CompressorStreamFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/compressors/CompressorStreamFactory.java
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@
 import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.xz.XZCompressorOutputStream;
 import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.xz.XZUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.z.ZCompressorInputStream;
-import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.zstandard.ZstdCompressorInputStream;
-import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.zstandard.ZstdCompressorOutputStream;
-import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.zstandard.ZstdUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.compress.utils.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.compress.utils.Lists;
 import org.apache.commons.compress.utils.ServiceLoaderIterator;
@@ -516,10 +513,6 @@
             return LZ4_FRAMED;
         }
 
-        if (ZstdUtils.matches(signature, signatureLength)) {
-            return ZSTANDARD;
-        }
-
         throw new CompressorException("No Compressor found for the stream signature.");
     }
     /**
@@ -590,13 +583,6 @@
                 return new XZCompressorInputStream(in, actualDecompressConcatenated, memoryLimitInKb);
             }
 
-            if (ZSTANDARD.equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
-                if (!ZstdUtils.isZstdCompressionAvailable()) {
-                    throw new CompressorException("Zstandard compression is not available." + YOU_NEED_ZSTD_JNI);
-                }
-                return new ZstdCompressorInputStream(in);
-            }
-
             if (LZMA.equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
                 if (!LZMAUtils.isLZMACompressionAvailable()) {
                     throw new CompressorException("LZMA compression is not available" + YOU_NEED_XZ_JAVA);
@@ -708,10 +694,6 @@
             if (LZ4_FRAMED.equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
                 return new FramedLZ4CompressorOutputStream(out);
             }
-
-            if (ZSTANDARD.equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
-                return new ZstdCompressorOutputStream(out);
-            }
         } catch (final IOException e) {
             throw new CompressorException("Could not create CompressorOutputStream", e);
         }
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/compress/compressors/DetectCompressorTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/compress/compressors/DetectCompressorTestCase.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.gzip.GzipCompressorInputStream;
 import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.pack200.Pack200CompressorInputStream;
 import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.xz.XZCompressorInputStream;
-import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.zstandard.ZstdCompressorInputStream;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") // deliberately tests setDecompressConcatenated
@@ -114,10 +113,6 @@
         assertNotNull(zlib);
         assertTrue(zlib instanceof DeflateCompressorInputStream);
 
-        final CompressorInputStream zstd = getStreamFor("bla.tar.zst");
-        assertNotNull(zstd);
-        assertTrue(zstd instanceof ZstdCompressorInputStream);
-
         try {
             factory.createCompressorInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(new byte[0]));
             fail("No exception thrown for an empty input stream");
@@ -138,7 +133,6 @@
         assertEquals(CompressorStreamFactory.LZMA, detect("bla.tar.lzma"));
         assertEquals(CompressorStreamFactory.SNAPPY_FRAMED, detect("bla.tar.sz"));
         assertEquals(CompressorStreamFactory.Z, detect("bla.tar.Z"));
-        assertEquals(CompressorStreamFactory.ZSTANDARD, detect("bla.tar.zst"));
 
         //make sure we don't oom on detect
         assertEquals(CompressorStreamFactory.Z, detect("COMPRESS-386"));