diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+zip-archive 0.2.3.6
+
+  * Removed hard-coded path to zip in test suite (#21).
+  * Removed misplaced build-depends in cabal file.
+
 zip-archive 0.2.3.5
 
   * Allow compilation with binary >= 0.5.  Note that toArchiveOrFail
diff --git a/tests/test-zip-archive.hs b/tests/test-zip-archive.hs
--- a/tests/test-zip-archive.hs
+++ b/tests/test-zip-archive.hs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
 testReadExternalZip :: Test
 testReadExternalZip = TestCase $ do
-  _ <- runCommand "/usr/bin/zip -q -9 test-temp/test4.zip zip-archive.cabal src/Codec/Archive/Zip.hs" >>= waitForProcess
+  _ <- runCommand "zip -q -9 test-temp/test4.zip zip-archive.cabal src/Codec/Archive/Zip.hs" >>= waitForProcess
   archive <- toArchive <$> B.readFile "test-temp/test4.zip"
   let files = filesInArchive archive
   assertEqual "for results of filesInArchive" ["zip-archive.cabal", "src/Codec/Archive/Zip.hs"] files
diff --git a/zip-archive.cabal b/zip-archive.cabal
--- a/zip-archive.cabal
+++ b/zip-archive.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                zip-archive
-Version:             0.2.3.5
+Version:             0.2.3.6
 Cabal-Version:       >= 1.10
 Build-type:          Simple
 Synopsis:            Library for creating and modifying zip archives.
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 Homepage:            http://github.com/jgm/zip-archive
 Author:              John MacFarlane
 Maintainer:          jgm@berkeley.edu
-Build-Depends:       base
 Extra-Source-Files:  changelog, README.markdown
 
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