diff --git a/components/packaging/deb/Makefile b/components/packaging/deb/Makefile
index 36611954f8..200b710102 100644
--- a/components/packaging/deb/Makefile
+++ b/components/packaging/deb/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ clean: ## remove build artifacts
 deb: ubuntu debian raspbian ## build all deb packages
 
 .PHONY: ubuntu
-ubuntu: ubuntu-zesty ubuntu-xenial ubuntu-trusty ## build all ubuntu deb packages
+ubuntu: ubuntu-xenial ubuntu-trusty ## build all ubuntu deb packages
 
 .PHONY: debian
 debian: debian-stretch debian-wheezy debian-jessie ## build all debian deb packages
@@ -54,19 +54,6 @@ ubuntu-trusty: ## build ubuntu trusty deb packages
 		debbuild-$@/$(ARCH)
 	$(CHOWN) -R $(shell id -u):$(shell id -g) debbuild/$@
 
-.PHONY: ubuntu-zesty
-ubuntu-zesty: ## build ubuntu zesty deb packages
-	docker build -t debbuild-$@/$(ARCH) -f $(CURDIR)/$@/Dockerfile.$(ARCH) .
-	docker run --rm -i \
-		-e VERSION=$(VERSION) \
-		-e DOCKER_GITCOMMIT=$(GITCOMMIT) \
-		-v $(CURDIR)/debbuild/$@:/build \
-		-v $(ENGINE_DIR):/engine \
-		-v $(CLI_DIR):/cli \
-		-v $(CURDIR)/systemd:/root/build-deb/systemd \
-		debbuild-$@/$(ARCH)
-	$(CHOWN) -R $(shell id -u):$(shell id -g) debbuild/$@
-
 .PHONY: ubuntu-artful
 ubuntu-artful: ## build ubuntu artful deb packages
 	docker build -t debbuild-$@/$(ARCH) -f $(CURDIR)/$@/Dockerfile.$(ARCH) .
diff --git a/components/packaging/deb/ubuntu-zesty/Dockerfile.aarch64 b/components/packaging/deb/ubuntu-zesty/Dockerfile.aarch64
deleted file mode 100644
index bac53b028e..0000000000
--- a/components/packaging/deb/ubuntu-zesty/Dockerfile.aarch64
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-FROM arm64v8/ubuntu:zesty
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y apparmor bash-completion btrfs-tools build-essential cmake curl ca-certificates debhelper dh-apparmor dh-systemd git libapparmor-dev libdevmapper-dev libltdl-dev libseccomp-dev pkg-config vim-common libsystemd-dev gnupg dirmngr  --no-install-recommends && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-ENV GO_VERSION 1.9.2
-RUN curl -fSL "https://golang.org/dl/go${GO_VERSION}.linux-arm64.tar.gz" | tar xzC /usr/local
-ENV GOPATH /go
-ENV PATH $PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$GOPATH/bin
-ENV DOCKER_BUILDTAGS apparmor pkcs11 seccomp selinux
-ENV RUNC_BUILDTAGS apparmor seccomp selinux
-
-COPY common/ /root/build-deb/debian
-COPY build-deb /root/build-deb/build-deb
-
-RUN mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/docker && \
-	mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/opencontainers && \
-	ln -snf /engine /root/build-deb/engine && \
-	ln -snf /cli /root/build-deb/cli && \
-	ln -snf /root/build-deb/engine /go/src/github.com/docker/docker && \
-	ln -snf /root/build-deb/cli /go/src/github.com/docker/cli
-
-
-ENV DISTRO ubuntu
-ENV SUITE zesty
-
-WORKDIR /root/build-deb
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["/root/build-deb/build-deb"]
diff --git a/components/packaging/deb/ubuntu-zesty/Dockerfile.armv7l b/components/packaging/deb/ubuntu-zesty/Dockerfile.armv7l
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c4251616d..0000000000
--- a/components/packaging/deb/ubuntu-zesty/Dockerfile.armv7l
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-FROM arm32v7/ubuntu:zesty
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y apparmor bash-completion btrfs-tools build-essential cmake curl ca-certificates debhelper dh-apparmor dh-systemd git libapparmor-dev libdevmapper-dev libltdl-dev libseccomp-dev pkg-config vim-common libsystemd-dev --no-install-recommends && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-ENV GO_VERSION 1.9.2
-RUN curl -fSL "https://golang.org/dl/go${GO_VERSION}.linux-armv6l.tar.gz" | tar xzC /usr/local
-ENV GOPATH /go
-ENV PATH $PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$GOPATH/bin
-ENV DOCKER_BUILDTAGS apparmor pkcs11 seccomp selinux
-ENV RUNC_BUILDTAGS apparmor seccomp selinux
-
-COPY common/ /root/build-deb/debian
-COPY build-deb /root/build-deb/build-deb
-
-RUN mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/docker && \
-	mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/opencontainers && \
-	ln -snf /engine /root/build-deb/engine && \
-	ln -snf /cli /root/build-deb/cli && \
-	ln -snf /root/build-deb/engine /go/src/github.com/docker/docker && \
-	ln -snf /root/build-deb/cli /go/src/github.com/docker/cli
-
-
-ENV DISTRO ubuntu
-ENV SUITE zesty
-
-WORKDIR /root/build-deb
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["/root/build-deb/build-deb"]
diff --git a/components/packaging/deb/ubuntu-zesty/Dockerfile.ppc64le b/components/packaging/deb/ubuntu-zesty/Dockerfile.ppc64le
deleted file mode 100644
index be71049803..0000000000
--- a/components/packaging/deb/ubuntu-zesty/Dockerfile.ppc64le
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-FROM ppc64le/ubuntu:zesty
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y apparmor bash-completion btrfs-tools build-essential cmake curl ca-certificates debhelper dh-apparmor dh-systemd git libapparmor-dev libdevmapper-dev pkg-config vim-common libseccomp-dev libsystemd-dev libltdl-dev --no-install-recommends && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-ENV GO_VERSION 1.9.2
-RUN curl -fSL "https://golang.org/dl/go${GO_VERSION}.linux-ppc64le.tar.gz" | tar xzC /usr/local
-ENV GOPATH /go
-ENV PATH $PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:/$GOPATH/bin
-ENV DOCKER_BUILDTAGS apparmor pkcs11 seccomp selinux
-ENV RUNC_BUILDTAGS apparmor seccomp selinux
-
-COPY common/ /root/build-deb/debian
-COPY build-deb /root/build-deb/build-deb
-
-RUN mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/docker && \
-	mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/opencontainers && \
-	ln -snf /engine /root/build-deb/engine && \
-	ln -snf /cli /root/build-deb/cli && \
-	ln -snf /root/build-deb/engine /go/src/github.com/docker/docker && \
-	ln -snf /root/build-deb/cli /go/src/github.com/docker/cli
-
-
-ENV DISTRO ubuntu
-ENV SUITE zesty
-
-WORKDIR /root/build-deb
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["/root/build-deb/build-deb"]
diff --git a/components/packaging/deb/ubuntu-zesty/Dockerfile.s390x b/components/packaging/deb/ubuntu-zesty/Dockerfile.s390x
deleted file mode 100644
index 5dd37d51ac..0000000000
--- a/components/packaging/deb/ubuntu-zesty/Dockerfile.s390x
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-FROM s390x/ubuntu:zesty
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y apparmor bash-completion btrfs-tools build-essential cmake curl ca-certificates debhelper dh-apparmor dh-systemd git libapparmor-dev libdevmapper-dev libltdl-dev libseccomp-dev pkg-config vim-common libsystemd-dev --no-install-recommends && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-ENV GO_VERSION 1.9.2
-RUN curl -fSL "https://golang.org/dl/go${GO_VERSION}.linux-s390x.tar.gz" | tar xzC /usr/local
-ENV GOPATH /go
-ENV PATH $PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$GOPATH/bin
-ENV DOCKER_BUILDTAGS apparmor pkcs11 seccomp selinux
-ENV RUNC_BUILDTAGS apparmor seccomp selinux
-
-COPY common/ /root/build-deb/debian
-COPY build-deb /root/build-deb/build-deb
-
-RUN mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/docker && \
-	mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/opencontainers && \
-	ln -snf /engine /root/build-deb/engine && \
-	ln -snf /cli /root/build-deb/cli && \
-	ln -snf /root/build-deb/engine /go/src/github.com/docker/docker && \
-	ln -snf /root/build-deb/cli /go/src/github.com/docker/cli
-
-
-ENV DISTRO ubuntu
-ENV SUITE zesty
-
-WORKDIR /root/build-deb
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["/root/build-deb/build-deb"]
diff --git a/components/packaging/deb/ubuntu-zesty/Dockerfile.x86_64 b/components/packaging/deb/ubuntu-zesty/Dockerfile.x86_64
deleted file mode 100644
index 89a77a16aa..0000000000
--- a/components/packaging/deb/ubuntu-zesty/Dockerfile.x86_64
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-FROM ubuntu:zesty
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y apparmor bash-completion btrfs-tools build-essential cmake curl ca-certificates debhelper dh-apparmor dh-systemd git libapparmor-dev libdevmapper-dev libltdl-dev libseccomp-dev pkg-config vim-common libsystemd-dev --no-install-recommends && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-ENV GO_VERSION 1.9.2
-RUN curl -fSL "https://golang.org/dl/go${GO_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz" | tar xzC /usr/local
-ENV GOPATH /go
-ENV PATH $PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$GOPATH/bin
-ENV DOCKER_BUILDTAGS apparmor pkcs11 seccomp selinux
-ENV RUNC_BUILDTAGS apparmor seccomp selinux
-
-COPY common/ /root/build-deb/debian
-COPY build-deb /root/build-deb/build-deb
-
-RUN mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/docker && \
-	mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/opencontainers && \
-	ln -snf /engine /root/build-deb/engine && \
-	ln -snf /cli /root/build-deb/cli && \
-	ln -snf /root/build-deb/engine /go/src/github.com/docker/docker && \
-	ln -snf /root/build-deb/cli /go/src/github.com/docker/cli
-
-
-ENV DISTRO ubuntu
-ENV SUITE zesty
-
-WORKDIR /root/build-deb
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["/root/build-deb/build-deb"]