diff --git a/cmake/SelectPcsx2Plugins.cmake b/cmake/SelectPcsx2Plugins.cmake
index 5fe49a954e..eba59f360b 100644
--- a/cmake/SelectPcsx2Plugins.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SelectPcsx2Plugins.cmake
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@
 set(msg_dep_common_libs "check these libraries -> wxWidgets (>=3.0), aio")
 set(msg_dep_pcsx2       "check these libraries -> wxWidgets (>=3.0), gtk2, zlib (>=1.2.4), pcsx2 common libs")
 set(msg_dep_cdvdgiga    "check these libraries -> gtk2, libudev")
-set(msg_dep_zerogs      "check these libraries -> glew, opengl, X11, nvidia-cg-toolkit (>=2.1)")
 set(msg_dep_gsdx        "check these libraries -> opengl, png (>=1.2), zlib (>=1.2.4), X11, liblzma")
 set(msg_dep_onepad      "check these libraries -> sdl2, X11, gtk2")
 set(msg_dep_spu2x       "check these libraries -> soundtouch (>=1.5), alsa, portaudio (optional, >=1.9), sdl (>=1.2), pcsx2 common libs")
-set(msg_dep_zerospu2    "check these libraries -> soundtouch (>=1.5), alsa")
 set(msg_dep_dev         "check these libraries -> gtk2, pcap, libxml2")
 
 macro(print_dep str dep)
@@ -162,26 +160,6 @@ else()
 endif()
 #---------------------------------------
 
-#---------------------------------------
-#			zerogs
-#---------------------------------------
-# requires:	-GLEW
-#			-OpenGL
-#			-X11
-#			-CG
-#---------------------------------------
-if(EXTRA_PLUGINS)
-    if(GLEW_FOUND AND OPENGL_FOUND AND X11_FOUND AND CG_FOUND)
-        set(zerogs TRUE)
-    elseif(NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/plugins/zerogs")
-        set(zerogs FALSE)
-    else()
-        set(zerogs FALSE)
-        print_dep("Skip build of zerogs: missing dependencies" "${msg_dep_zerogs}")
-    endif()
-endif()
-#---------------------------------------
-
 #---------------------------------------
 #			PadNull
 #---------------------------------------
@@ -258,28 +236,6 @@ else()
 endif()
 #---------------------------------------
 
-#---------------------------------------
-#			zerospu2
-#---------------------------------------
-# requires: -SoundTouch
-#           -ALSA
-#           -PortAudio
-#---------------------------------------
-if(EXTRA_PLUGINS)
-    if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/plugins/zerospu2" AND SOUNDTOUCH_FOUND AND ALSA_FOUND)
-        set(zerospu2 TRUE)
-        # Comment the next line, if you want to compile zerospu2
-        set(zerospu2 FALSE)
-        message(STATUS "Don't build zerospu2. It is superceded by spu2x")
-    elseif(NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/plugins/zerospu2")
-        set(zerospu2 FALSE)
-    else()
-        set(zerospu2 FALSE)
-        print_dep("Skip build of zerospu2: missing dependencies" "${msg_dep_zerospu2}")
-    endif()
-endif()
-#---------------------------------------
-
 #---------------------------------------
 #			USBnull
 #---------------------------------------
diff --git a/debian-packager/copyright b/debian-packager/copyright
index 40b1e37546..0b048046f6 100644
--- a/debian-packager/copyright
+++ b/debian-packager/copyright
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Files: pcsx2/* common/* plugins/spu2-x/* plugins/PadNull/Pad* plugins/USBnull/*
 Copyright: 2002-2012 PCSX2 Dev Team
 License: LGPL-3+
 
-Files: pcsx2/Mdec.cpp pcsx2/Mdec.h pcsx2/RDebug/deci2_drfp.cpp pcsx2/IPU/mpeg2lib/* pcsx2/cheatscpp.h common/include/api/* plugins/onepad/* plugins/PadNull/Linux/* plugins/SPU2null/* plugins/FWnull/FW.cpp plugins/zerospu2/* plugins/GSnull/Registers.h plugins/GSnull/Linux/Linux* plugins/GSnull/Linux/Config* plugins/dev9null/DEV9.h plugins/dev9null/Config.*
+Files: pcsx2/Mdec.cpp pcsx2/Mdec.h pcsx2/RDebug/deci2_drfp.cpp pcsx2/IPU/mpeg2lib/* pcsx2/cheatscpp.h common/include/api/* plugins/onepad/* plugins/PadNull/Linux/* plugins/SPU2null/* plugins/GSnull/Registers.h plugins/GSnull/Linux/Linux* plugins/GSnull/Linux/Config* plugins/dev9null/DEV9.h plugins/dev9null/Config.*
 Copyright: 2002-2012 PCSX2 Dev Team
 License: GPL-2+
 
diff --git a/debian-packager/create_built_tarball.sh b/debian-packager/create_built_tarball.sh
index d79ce15625..a2256f1414 100644
--- a/debian-packager/create_built_tarball.sh
+++ b/debian-packager/create_built_tarball.sh
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ remove_not_yet_free_plugin()
 {
     echo "Remove non free plugins"
     # remove also deprecated plugins
-    for plugin in USBqemu zerogs zerospu2
+    for plugin in USBqemu
     do
         rm -fr $LOCAL_REPO/plugins/$plugin
     done
diff --git a/linux_various/check_format.sh b/linux_various/check_format.sh
index fda5a3e77f..c4e9eb6b17 100755
--- a/linux_various/check_format.sh
+++ b/linux_various/check_format.sh
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ files=`git diff --name-only --diff-filter=ACMRT $diff_range  -- $PWD | \
     grep -v "${1}plugins/dev9ghzdrk/" | \
     grep -v "${1}plugins/GSdx/" | \
     grep -v "${1}plugins/USBqemu/" | \
-    grep -v "${1}plugins/zerogs/" | \
-    grep -v "${1}plugins/zerospu2/" | \
     \
     grep -v "/resource.h" | \
     grep -v "3rdparty/" | \