diff --git a/minzip/Zip.c b/minzip/Zip.c
index fb462f4..b5e4467 100644
--- a/minzip/Zip.c
+++ b/minzip/Zip.c
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@
  */
 bool mzExtractRecursive(const ZipArchive *pArchive,
                         const char *zipDir, const char *targetDir,
-                        int flags, const struct utimbuf *timestamp,
+                        const struct utimbuf *timestamp,
                         void (*callback)(const char *fn, void *), void *cookie,
                         struct selabel_handle *sehnd)
 {
@@ -932,30 +932,19 @@
             break;
         }
 
-        /* With DRY_RUN set, invoke the callback but don't do anything else.
-         */
-        if (flags & MZ_EXTRACT_DRY_RUN) {
-            if (callback != NULL) callback(targetFile, cookie);
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        /* Create the file or directory.
-         */
 #define UNZIP_DIRMODE 0755
 #define UNZIP_FILEMODE 0644
-        if (pEntry->fileName[pEntry->fileNameLen-1] == '/') {
-            if (!(flags & MZ_EXTRACT_FILES_ONLY)) {
-                int ret = dirCreateHierarchy(
-                        targetFile, UNZIP_DIRMODE, timestamp, false, sehnd);
-                if (ret != 0) {
-                    LOGE("Can't create containing directory for \"%s\": %s\n",
-                            targetFile, strerror(errno));
-                    ok = false;
-                    break;
-                }
-                LOGD("Extracted dir \"%s\"\n", targetFile);
-            }
-        } else {
+        /*
+         * Create the file or directory. We ignore directory entries
+         * because we recursively create paths to each file entry we encounter
+         * in the zip archive anyway.
+         *
+         * NOTE: A "directory entry" in a zip archive is just a zero length
+         * entry that ends in a "/". They're not mandatory and many tools get
+         * rid of them. We need to process them only if we want to preserve
+         * empty directories from the archive.
+         */
+        if (pEntry->fileName[pEntry->fileNameLen-1] != '/') {
             /* This is not a directory.  First, make sure that
              * the containing directory exists.
              */
@@ -968,91 +957,56 @@
                 break;
             }
 
-            /* With FILES_ONLY set, we need to ignore metadata entirely,
-             * so treat symlinks as regular files.
+            /*
+             * The entry is a regular file or a symlink. Open the target for writing.
+             *
+             * TODO: This behavior for symlinks seems rather bizarre. For a
+             * symlink foo/bar/baz -> foo/tar/taz, we will create a file called
+             * "foo/bar/baz" whose contents are the literal "foo/tar/taz". We
+             * warn about this for now and preserve older behavior.
              */
-            if (!(flags & MZ_EXTRACT_FILES_ONLY) && mzIsZipEntrySymlink(pEntry)) {
-                /* The entry is a symbolic link.
-                 * The relative target of the symlink is in the
-                 * data section of this entry.
-                 */
-                if (pEntry->uncompLen == 0) {
-                    LOGE("Symlink entry \"%s\" has no target\n",
-                            targetFile);
-                    ok = false;
-                    break;
-                }
-                char *linkTarget = malloc(pEntry->uncompLen + 1);
-                if (linkTarget == NULL) {
-                    ok = false;
-                    break;
-                }
-                ok = mzReadZipEntry(pArchive, pEntry, linkTarget,
-                        pEntry->uncompLen);
-                if (!ok) {
-                    LOGE("Can't read symlink target for \"%s\"\n",
-                            targetFile);
-                    free(linkTarget);
-                    break;
-                }
-                linkTarget[pEntry->uncompLen] = '\0';
-
-                /* Make the link.
-                 */
-                ret = symlink(linkTarget, targetFile);
-                if (ret != 0) {
-                    LOGE("Can't symlink \"%s\" to \"%s\": %s\n",
-                            targetFile, linkTarget, strerror(errno));
-                    free(linkTarget);
-                    ok = false;
-                    break;
-                }
-                LOGD("Extracted symlink \"%s\" -> \"%s\"\n",
-                        targetFile, linkTarget);
-                free(linkTarget);
-            } else {
-                /* The entry is a regular file.
-                 * Open the target for writing.
-                 */
-
-                char *secontext = NULL;
-
-                if (sehnd) {
-                    selabel_lookup(sehnd, &secontext, targetFile, UNZIP_FILEMODE);
-                    setfscreatecon(secontext);
-                }
-
-                int fd = creat(targetFile, UNZIP_FILEMODE);
-
-                if (secontext) {
-                    freecon(secontext);
-                    setfscreatecon(NULL);
-                }
-
-                if (fd < 0) {
-                    LOGE("Can't create target file \"%s\": %s\n",
-                            targetFile, strerror(errno));
-                    ok = false;
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                bool ok = mzExtractZipEntryToFile(pArchive, pEntry, fd);
-                close(fd);
-                if (!ok) {
-                    LOGE("Error extracting \"%s\"\n", targetFile);
-                    ok = false;
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                if (timestamp != NULL && utime(targetFile, timestamp)) {
-                    LOGE("Error touching \"%s\"\n", targetFile);
-                    ok = false;
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                LOGV("Extracted file \"%s\"\n", targetFile);
-                ++extractCount;
+            if (mzIsZipEntrySymlink(pEntry)) {
+                LOGE("Symlink entry \"%.*s\" will be output as a regular file.",
+                     pEntry->fileNameLen, pEntry->fileName);
             }
+
+            char *secontext = NULL;
+
+            if (sehnd) {
+                selabel_lookup(sehnd, &secontext, targetFile, UNZIP_FILEMODE);
+                setfscreatecon(secontext);
+            }
+
+            int fd = creat(targetFile, UNZIP_FILEMODE);
+
+            if (secontext) {
+                freecon(secontext);
+                setfscreatecon(NULL);
+            }
+
+            if (fd < 0) {
+                LOGE("Can't create target file \"%s\": %s\n",
+                        targetFile, strerror(errno));
+                ok = false;
+                break;
+            }
+
+            bool ok = mzExtractZipEntryToFile(pArchive, pEntry, fd);
+            close(fd);
+            if (!ok) {
+                LOGE("Error extracting \"%s\"\n", targetFile);
+                ok = false;
+                break;
+            }
+
+            if (timestamp != NULL && utime(targetFile, timestamp)) {
+                LOGE("Error touching \"%s\"\n", targetFile);
+                ok = false;
+                break;
+            }
+
+            LOGV("Extracted file \"%s\"\n", targetFile);
+            ++extractCount;
         }
 
         if (callback != NULL) callback(targetFile, cookie);
diff --git a/minzip/Zip.h b/minzip/Zip.h
index 54eab32..a2b2c26 100644
--- a/minzip/Zip.h
+++ b/minzip/Zip.h
@@ -143,9 +143,12 @@
     const ZipEntry *pEntry, unsigned char* buffer);
 
 /*
- * Inflate all entries under zipDir to the directory specified by
+ * Inflate all files under zipDir to the directory specified by
  * targetDir, which must exist and be a writable directory.
  *
+ * Directory entries and symlinks are not extracted.
+ *
+ *
  * The immediate children of zipDir will become the immediate
  * children of targetDir; e.g., if the archive contains the entries
  *
@@ -160,21 +163,15 @@
  *     /tmp/two
  *     /tmp/d/three
  *
- * flags is zero or more of the following:
- *
- *     MZ_EXTRACT_FILES_ONLY - only unpack files, not directories or symlinks
- *     MZ_EXTRACT_DRY_RUN - don't do anything, but do invoke the callback
- *
  * If timestamp is non-NULL, file timestamps will be set accordingly.
  *
  * If callback is non-NULL, it will be invoked with each unpacked file.
  *
  * Returns true on success, false on failure.
  */
-enum { MZ_EXTRACT_FILES_ONLY = 1, MZ_EXTRACT_DRY_RUN = 2 };
 bool mzExtractRecursive(const ZipArchive *pArchive,
         const char *zipDir, const char *targetDir,
-        int flags, const struct utimbuf *timestamp,
+        const struct utimbuf *timestamp,
         void (*callback)(const char *fn, void*), void *cookie,
         struct selabel_handle *sehnd);
 
diff --git a/updater/install.c b/updater/install.c
index dad0d08..05d68db 100644
--- a/updater/install.c
+++ b/updater/install.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@
     struct utimbuf timestamp = { 1217592000, 1217592000 };  // 8/1/2008 default
 
     bool success = mzExtractRecursive(za, zip_path, dest_path,
-                                      MZ_EXTRACT_FILES_ONLY, &timestamp,
+                                      &timestamp,
                                       NULL, NULL, sehandle);
     free(zip_path);
     free(dest_path);