diff --git a/Rules/CompatibilityRules/CompatibilityRule.cs b/Rules/CompatibilityRules/CompatibilityRule.cs
index 59215b478..0d4b52bd3 100644
--- a/Rules/CompatibilityRules/CompatibilityRule.cs
+++ b/Rules/CompatibilityRules/CompatibilityRule.cs
@@ -24,15 +24,9 @@ public abstract class CompatibilityRule : ConfigurableRule
         // The name of the directory where compatibility profiles are looked for by default.
         private const string PROFILE_DIR_NAME = "compatibility_profiles";
 
-        // The name of the file to hydrate the compatibility profile assets from.
-        private const string PROFILE_ZIP_NAME = "compatibility_profiles.zip";
-
         // The full path of the directory where compatiblity profiles are looked for by default.
         private static readonly string s_defaultProfileDirPath;
 
-        // The full path of the file where the zipped compatibility profiles are.
-        private static readonly string s_profileZipPath;
-
         // Memoized path to the module root of PSScriptAnalyzer.
         private static readonly Lazy<string> s_moduleRootDirPath;
 
@@ -45,10 +39,6 @@ static CompatibilityRule()
         {
             s_moduleRootDirPath = new Lazy<string>(() => GetModuleRootDirPath());
             s_defaultProfileDirPath = Path.Combine(s_moduleRootDirPath.Value, PROFILE_DIR_NAME);
-            s_profileZipPath = Path.Combine(s_moduleRootDirPath.Value, PROFILE_ZIP_NAME);
-
-            // On first run, we need to make sure the profile assets have been hydrated from the zip
-            ExpandZipToDirectory(s_profileZipPath, s_defaultProfileDirPath);
         }
 
         private readonly CompatibilityProfileLoader _profileLoader;
@@ -238,18 +228,6 @@ private static string GetModuleRootDirPath()
             return Path.GetFullPath(nonNormalizedRoot);
         }
 
-        private static void ExpandZipToDirectory(string zipPath, string destinationDirectoryPath)
-        {
-            // Assume that if the directory already exists, there is nothing to do.
-            // Profile unzipping can be forced by deleting the directory.
-            if (Directory.Exists(destinationDirectoryPath))
-            {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            // Note: This method will throw if the directory already exists
-            ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(zipPath, destinationDirectoryPath, Encoding.UTF8);
-        }
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/build.psm1 b/build.psm1
index 3267ed04c..38b80d4a0 100644
--- a/build.psm1
+++ b/build.psm1
@@ -118,24 +118,9 @@ function Copy-CompatibilityProfiles
     }
 
     $profileDir = [System.IO.Path]::Combine($PSScriptRoot, 'PSCompatibilityAnalyzer', 'profiles')
-    $destinationDir = [System.IO.Path]::Combine($PSScriptRoot, 'out', 'PSScriptAnalyzer')
-    $destination = Join-Path $destinationDir 'compatibility_profiles.zip'
+    $destinationDir = [System.IO.Path]::Combine($PSScriptRoot, 'out', 'PSScriptAnalyzer', "compatibility_profiles")
 
-    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $destinationDir -PathType Container)
-    {
-        Remove-Item -Force -Recurse $destination -ErrorAction Ignore
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        $null = New-Item -Path $destinationDir -ItemType Directory
-    }
-
-    [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::CreateFromDirectory(
-        $profileDir,
-        $destination,
-        [System.IO.Compression.CompressionLevel]::Optimal,
-        <# includeBaseDirectory #> $false,
-        [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8)
+    Copy-Item -Recurse $profileDir $destinationDir
 }
 
 # build script analyzer (and optionally build everything with -All)