diff --git a/coding/zip_creator.cpp b/coding/zip_creator.cpp
index 2831100f3c..dca31e1674 100644
--- a/coding/zip_creator.cpp
+++ b/coding/zip_creator.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "std/vector.hpp"
 #include "std/ctime.hpp"
 #include "std/algorithm.hpp"
-#include "std/unique_ptr.hpp"
 
 #include "3party/minizip/zip.h"
 
@@ -58,8 +57,6 @@ void CreateTMZip(tm_zip & res)
 
 bool CreateZipFromPathDeflatedAndDefaultCompression(string const & filePath, string const & zipFilePath)
 {
-  unique_ptr<char[]> buffer(new char[ZIP_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE]);
-
   // 2. Open zip file for writing.
   MY_SCOPE_GUARD(outFileGuard, bind(&my::DeleteFileX, cref(zipFilePath)));
   ZipHandle zip(zipFilePath);
@@ -87,12 +84,13 @@ bool CreateZipFromPathDeflatedAndDefaultCompression(string const & filePath, str
     uint64_t const fileSize = file.Size();
 
     uint64_t currSize = 0;
+    char buffer[ZIP_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE];
     while (currSize < fileSize)
     {
       unsigned int const toRead = min(ZIP_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE, static_cast<unsigned int>(fileSize - currSize));
-      file.Read(currSize, &buffer[0], toRead);
+      file.Read(currSize, buffer, toRead);
 
-      if (ZIP_OK != zipWriteInFileInZip(zip.Handle(), &buffer[0], toRead))
+      if (ZIP_OK != zipWriteInFileInZip(zip.Handle(), buffer, toRead))
         return false;
 
       currSize += toRead;
diff --git a/coding/zip_reader.cpp b/coding/zip_reader.cpp
index a2a59b8178..32de85bcbf 100644
--- a/coding/zip_reader.cpp
+++ b/coding/zip_reader.cpp
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ bool ZipFileReader::IsZip(string const & zipContainer)
 void ZipFileReader::UnzipFile(string const & zipContainer, string const & fileInZip,
                               string const & outFilePath, ProgressFn progressFn)
 {
-  unique_ptr<char[]> buf(new char[ZIP_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE]);
-
   unzFile zip = unzOpen64(zipContainer.c_str());
   if (!zip)
     MYTHROW(OpenZipException, ("Can't get zip file handle", zipContainer));
@@ -100,11 +98,12 @@ void ZipFileReader::UnzipFile(string const & zipContainer, string const & fileIn
   FileWriter outFile(outFilePath);
 
   uint64_t pos = 0;
+  char buf[ZIP_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE];
   while (true)
   {
-    int const readBytes = unzReadCurrentFile(zip, &buf[0], ZIP_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE);
+    int const readBytes = unzReadCurrentFile(zip, buf, ZIP_FILE_BUFFER_SIZE);
     if (readBytes > 0)
-      outFile.Write(&buf[0], static_cast<size_t>(readBytes));
+      outFile.Write(buf, static_cast<size_t>(readBytes));
     else if (readBytes < 0)
       MYTHROW(InvalidZipException, ("Error", readBytes, "while unzipping", fileInZip, "from", zipContainer));
     else