diff --git a/packages/amplify-cli-core/API.md b/packages/amplify-cli-core/API.md
index 935143587ee..c5f833aab56 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-cli-core/API.md
+++ b/packages/amplify-cli-core/API.md
@@ -820,6 +820,9 @@ export class ExportPathValidationError extends AmplifyError {
     constructor(errMessage?: string);
 }
 
+// @public (undocumented)
+export const extract: any;
+
 // @public (undocumented)
 export function fancy(message?: string): void;
 
diff --git a/packages/amplify-cli-core/package.json b/packages/amplify-cli-core/package.json
index 6b3272dd9ba..f13290394dd 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-cli-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/amplify-cli-core/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@
     "semver": "^7.5.4",
     "typescript-json-schema": "~0.52.0",
     "which": "^2.0.2",
-    "yaml": "^2.2.2"
+    "yaml": "^2.2.2",
+    "yauzl": "^3.1.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@aws-amplify/amplify-function-plugin-interface": "1.10.3",
diff --git a/packages/amplify-cli-core/src/extractZip.js b/packages/amplify-cli-core/src/extractZip.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46feb293fc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/amplify-cli-core/src/extractZip.js
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-bitwise */
+/* eslint-disable spellcheck/spell-checker */
+/**
+ * This file is copied from https://github.com/max-mapper/extract-zip
+ * and turned off creating symlinks on the machine where archive is extracted
+ */
+const { createWriteStream, promises: fs } = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const { promisify } = require('util');
+const stream = require('stream');
+const yauzl = require('yauzl');
+
+const openZip = promisify(yauzl.open);
+const pipeline = promisify(stream.pipeline);
+
+class Extractor {
+  constructor(zipPath, opts) {
+    this.zipPath = zipPath;
+    this.opts = opts;
+  }
+
+  async extract() {
+    this.zipfile = await openZip(this.zipPath, { lazyEntries: true });
+    this.canceled = false;
+
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      this.zipfile.on('error', (err) => {
+        this.canceled = true;
+        reject(err);
+      });
+      this.zipfile.readEntry();
+
+      this.zipfile.on('close', () => {
+        if (!this.canceled) {
+          resolve();
+        }
+      });
+
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-misused-promises
+      this.zipfile.on('entry', async (entry) => {
+        if (this.canceled) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        if (entry.fileName.startsWith('__MACOSX/')) {
+          this.zipfile.readEntry();
+          return;
+        }
+
+        const destDir = path.dirname(path.join(this.opts.dir, entry.fileName));
+
+        try {
+          await fs.mkdir(destDir, { recursive: true });
+
+          const canonicalDestDir = await fs.realpath(destDir);
+          const relativeDestDir = path.relative(this.opts.dir, canonicalDestDir);
+
+          if (relativeDestDir.split(path.sep).includes('..')) {
+            throw new Error(`Out of bound path "${canonicalDestDir}" found while processing file ${entry.fileName}`);
+          }
+
+          await this.extractEntry(entry);
+          this.zipfile.readEntry();
+        } catch (err) {
+          this.canceled = true;
+          this.zipfile.close();
+          reject(err);
+        }
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  async extractEntry(entry) {
+    /* istanbul ignore if */
+    if (this.canceled) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (this.opts.onEntry) {
+      this.opts.onEntry(entry, this.zipfile);
+    }
+
+    const dest = path.join(this.opts.dir, entry.fileName);
+
+    // convert external file attr int into a fs stat mode int
+    const mode = (entry.externalFileAttributes >> 16) & 0xffff;
+    // check if it's a symlink or dir (using stat mode constants)
+    const IFMT = 61440;
+    const IFDIR = 16384;
+    const IFLNK = 40960;
+    const symlink = (mode & IFMT) === IFLNK;
+    let isDir = (mode & IFMT) === IFDIR;
+
+    // Failsafe, borrowed from jsZip
+    if (!isDir && entry.fileName.endsWith('/')) {
+      isDir = true;
+    }
+
+    // check for windows weird way of specifying a directory
+    // https://github.com/maxogden/extract-zip/issues/13#issuecomment-154494566
+    const madeBy = entry.versionMadeBy >> 8;
+    if (!isDir) isDir = madeBy === 0 && entry.externalFileAttributes === 16;
+
+    const procMode = this.getExtractedMode(mode, isDir) & 0o777;
+
+    // always ensure folders are created
+    const destDir = isDir ? dest : path.dirname(dest);
+
+    const mkdirOptions = { recursive: true };
+    if (isDir) {
+      mkdirOptions.mode = procMode;
+    }
+    await fs.mkdir(destDir, mkdirOptions);
+    if (isDir) return;
+
+    const readStream = await promisify(this.zipfile.openReadStream.bind(this.zipfile))(entry);
+
+    if (!symlink) {
+      await pipeline(readStream, createWriteStream(dest, { mode: procMode }));
+    }
+  }
+
+  getExtractedMode(entryMode, isDir) {
+    let mode = entryMode;
+    // Set defaults, if necessary
+    if (mode === 0) {
+      if (isDir) {
+        if (this.opts.defaultDirMode) {
+          mode = parseInt(this.opts.defaultDirMode, 10);
+        }
+
+        if (!mode) {
+          mode = 0o755;
+        }
+      } else {
+        if (this.opts.defaultFileMode) {
+          mode = parseInt(this.opts.defaultFileMode, 10);
+        }
+
+        if (!mode) {
+          mode = 0o644;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return mode;
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = async function (zipPath, opts) {
+  if (!path.isAbsolute(opts.dir)) {
+    throw new Error('Target directory is expected to be absolute');
+  }
+
+  await fs.mkdir(opts.dir, { recursive: true });
+  opts.dir = await fs.realpath(opts.dir);
+  return new Extractor(zipPath, opts).extract();
+};
diff --git a/packages/amplify-cli-core/src/index.ts b/packages/amplify-cli-core/src/index.ts
index 19c1882230e..0fd92bdc425 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-cli-core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-cli-core/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable import/no-cycle */
 import * as ExeInfo from './exeInfo';
-export { ExeInfo };
+const extract = require('./extractZip');
+export { ExeInfo, extract };
 export * from './banner-message';
 export * from './category-interfaces';
 export * from './cfnUtilities';
diff --git a/packages/amplify-cli-core/tsconfig.json b/packages/amplify-cli-core/tsconfig.json
index 43fb5103aee..a8a2f58a00c 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-cli-core/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/amplify-cli-core/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "outDir": "./lib",
     "rootDir": "./src",
+    "allowJs": true,
     "useUnknownInCatchVariables": false
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/amplify-e2e-tests/package.json b/packages/amplify-e2e-tests/package.json
index 99c9c9829c4..00fbe441d87 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-e2e-tests/package.json
+++ b/packages/amplify-e2e-tests/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
     "dotenv": "^8.2.0",
     "esm": "^3.2.25",
     "execa": "^5.1.1",
-    "extract-zip": "^2.0.1",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
     "get-port": "^5.1.1",
     "glob": "^8.0.3",
diff --git a/packages/amplify-e2e-tests/src/__tests__/diagnose.test.ts b/packages/amplify-e2e-tests/src/__tests__/diagnose.test.ts
index 08a256e4029..8b882cb61c8 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-e2e-tests/src/__tests__/diagnose.test.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-e2e-tests/src/__tests__/diagnose.test.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ import {
   diagnoseSendReport,
   diagnoseSendReport_ZipFailed,
 } from '@aws-amplify/amplify-e2e-core';
+import { extract } from '@aws-amplify/amplify-cli-core';
 import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import glob from 'glob';
-import extract from 'extract-zip';
 
 const PARAMETERS_JSON = 'parameters.json';
 const BUILD = 'build';
diff --git a/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/package.json b/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/package.json
index d22174c1103..2d0a32670b7 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/package.json
+++ b/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
     "constructs": "^10.0.5",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
     "deep-diff": "^1.0.2",
-    "extract-zip": "^2.0.1",
     "folder-hash": "^4.0.2",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
     "glob": "^7.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/src/attach-backend.ts b/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/src/attach-backend.ts
index fd56ab3586d..bc89b22ff79 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/src/attach-backend.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/src/attach-backend.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ import aws from 'aws-sdk';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import path from 'path';
 import glob from 'glob';
-import extract from 'extract-zip';
 import inquirer from 'inquirer';
 import _ from 'lodash';
-import { exitOnNextTick, pathManager, PathConstants, AmplifyError } from '@aws-amplify/amplify-cli-core';
+import { exitOnNextTick, pathManager, PathConstants, AmplifyError, extract } from '@aws-amplify/amplify-cli-core';
 import * as configurationManager from './configuration-manager';
 import { getConfiguredAmplifyClient } from './aws-utils/aws-amplify';
 import { checkAmplifyServiceIAMPermission } from './amplify-service-permission-check';
diff --git a/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/src/download-api-models.ts b/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/src/download-api-models.ts
index 2d6e1f29831..aed23fc633e 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/src/download-api-models.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/src/download-api-models.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import { $TSAny, $TSContext, $TSObject, AmplifyError, AmplifyFrontend, pathManager } from '@aws-amplify/amplify-cli-core';
+import { $TSAny, $TSContext, $TSObject, AmplifyError, AmplifyFrontend, pathManager, extract } from '@aws-amplify/amplify-cli-core';
 import { printer } from '@aws-amplify/amplify-prompts';
-import extract from 'extract-zip';
 import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
 import sequential from 'promise-sequential';
 import { APIGateway } from './aws-utils/aws-apigw';
diff --git a/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/src/zip-util.ts b/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/src/zip-util.ts
index 1e597a1dd3b..83611f580eb 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/src/zip-util.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-provider-awscloudformation/src/zip-util.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { AmplifyFault } from '@aws-amplify/amplify-cli-core';
-import extract from 'extract-zip';
+import { AmplifyFault, extract } from '@aws-amplify/amplify-cli-core';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import path from 'path';
 import { S3 } from './aws-utils/aws-s3';
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7c33234d005..e75440d920a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ __metadata:
     uuid: ^8.3.2
     which: ^2.0.2
     yaml: ^2.2.2
+    yauzl: ^3.1.3
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
@@ -824,7 +825,6 @@ __metadata:
     constructs: ^10.0.5
     cors: ^2.8.5
     deep-diff: ^1.0.2
-    extract-zip: ^2.0.1
     folder-hash: ^4.0.2
     fs-extra: ^8.1.0
     glob: ^7.2.0
@@ -12858,15 +12858,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/yauzl@npm:^2.9.1":
-  version: 2.9.2
-  resolution: "@types/yauzl@npm:2.9.2"
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/node": "*"
-  checksum: 0b4a5db8b7b01e94d9c5f48b5043c22553313e9f31918a9755a4bc7875be92a99bf5f11aa260016f553410be517ce64f5a99b14226d878d65d6d1696869a08b1
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "@types/zen-observable@npm:0.8.0":
   version: 0.8.0
   resolution: "@types/zen-observable@npm:0.8.0"
@@ -13752,7 +13743,6 @@ __metadata:
     dotenv: ^8.2.0
     esm: ^3.2.25
     execa: ^5.1.1
-    extract-zip: ^2.0.1
     fs-extra: ^8.1.0
     get-port: ^5.1.1
     glob: ^8.0.3
@@ -19213,23 +19203,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"extract-zip@npm:^2.0.1":
-  version: 2.0.1
-  resolution: "extract-zip@npm:2.0.1"
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/yauzl": ^2.9.1
-    debug: ^4.1.1
-    get-stream: ^5.1.0
-    yauzl: ^2.10.0
-  dependenciesMeta:
-    "@types/yauzl":
-      optional: true
-  bin:
-    extract-zip: cli.js
-  checksum: 9afbd46854aa15a857ae0341a63a92743a7b89c8779102c3b4ffc207516b2019337353962309f85c66ee3d9092202a83cdc26dbf449a11981272038443974aee
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "extsprintf@npm:1.3.0":
   version: 1.3.0
   resolution: "extsprintf@npm:1.3.0"
@@ -19412,15 +19385,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"fd-slicer@npm:~1.1.0":
-  version: 1.1.0
-  resolution: "fd-slicer@npm:1.1.0"
-  dependencies:
-    pend: ~1.2.0
-  checksum: 304dd70270298e3ffe3bcc05e6f7ade2511acc278bc52d025f8918b48b6aa3b77f10361bddfadfe2a28163f7af7adbdce96f4d22c31b2f648ba2901f0c5fc20e
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "fecha@npm:^4.2.0":
   version: 4.2.1
   resolution: "fecha@npm:4.2.1"
@@ -33040,13 +33004,13 @@ node-pty@beta:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"yauzl@npm:^2.10.0":
-  version: 2.10.0
-  resolution: "yauzl@npm:2.10.0"
+"yauzl@npm:^3.1.3":
+  version: 3.1.3
+  resolution: "yauzl@npm:3.1.3"
   dependencies:
     buffer-crc32: ~0.2.3
-    fd-slicer: ~1.1.0
-  checksum: f265002af7541b9ec3589a27f5fb8f11cf348b53cc15e2751272e3c062cd73f3e715bc72d43257de71bbaecae446c3f1b14af7559e8ab0261625375541816422
+    pend: ~1.2.0
+  checksum: e04a2567860e1337798cd2570d776b4040520b20660e7ec5dfcce24b8be2b134d6a5ae835804a0186b1a58cb8b1741b37eaa6a86f7546b6219b62a265dbaf3fc
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard