diff --git a/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/StdDevice/Common/StdBIGFileSystem.cpp b/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/StdDevice/Common/StdBIGFileSystem.cpp
index 2470d66912..abbcfc9295 100644
--- a/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/StdDevice/Common/StdBIGFileSystem.cpp
+++ b/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/StdDevice/Common/StdBIGFileSystem.cpp
@@ -215,6 +215,16 @@ Bool StdBIGFileSystem::loadBigFilesFromDirectory(AsciiString dir, AsciiString fi
 	Bool actuallyAdded = FALSE;
 	FilenameListIter it = filenameList.begin();
 	while (it != filenameList.end()) {
+#if RTS_ZEROHOUR
+		// TheSuperHackers @bugfix bobtista 18/11/2025 Skip duplicate INIZH.big in Data\INI to prevent CRC mismatches.
+		// English, Chinese, and Korean SKUs shipped with two INIZH.big files (one in Run directory, one in Run\Data\INI).
+		// The DeleteFile cleanup doesn't work on EA App/Origin installs because the folder is not writable, so we skip loading it instead.
+		if (it->endsWithNoCase("Data\\INI\\INIZH.big") || it->endsWithNoCase("Data/INI/INIZH.big")) {
+			it++;
+			continue;
+		}
+#endif
+
 		ArchiveFile *archiveFile = openArchiveFile((*it).str());
 
 		if (archiveFile != NULL) {
diff --git a/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/Win32Device/Common/Win32BIGFileSystem.cpp b/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/Win32Device/Common/Win32BIGFileSystem.cpp
index 95f9e7ef0e..b62fd5253f 100644
--- a/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/Win32Device/Common/Win32BIGFileSystem.cpp
+++ b/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/Win32Device/Common/Win32BIGFileSystem.cpp
@@ -216,6 +216,16 @@ Bool Win32BIGFileSystem::loadBigFilesFromDirectory(AsciiString dir, AsciiString
 	Bool actuallyAdded = FALSE;
 	FilenameListIter it = filenameList.begin();
 	while (it != filenameList.end()) {
+#if RTS_ZEROHOUR
+		// TheSuperHackers @bugfix bobtista 18/11/2025 Skip duplicate INIZH.big in Data\INI to prevent CRC mismatches.
+		// English, Chinese, and Korean SKUs shipped with two INIZH.big files (one in Run directory, one in Run\Data\INI).
+		// The DeleteFile cleanup doesn't work on EA App/Origin installs because the folder is not writable, so we skip loading it instead.
+		if (it->endsWithNoCase("Data\\INI\\INIZH.big") || it->endsWithNoCase("Data/INI/INIZH.big")) {
+			it++;
+			continue;
+		}
+#endif
+
 		ArchiveFile *archiveFile = openArchiveFile((*it).str());
 
 		if (archiveFile != NULL) {
diff --git a/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/Common/GameEngine.cpp b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/Common/GameEngine.cpp
index 7c7418a6a5..db78d7c55e 100644
--- a/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/Common/GameEngine.cpp
+++ b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/Common/GameEngine.cpp
@@ -395,12 +395,6 @@ void GameEngine::init()
 		// Create the low-level file system interface
 		TheFileSystem = createFileSystem();
 
-		//Kris: Patch 1.01 - November 17, 2003
-		//I was unable to resolve the RTPatch method of deleting a shipped file. English, Chinese, and Korean
-		//SKU's shipped with two INIZH.big files. One properly in the Run directory and the other in Run\INI\Data.
-		//We need to toast the latter in order for the game to patch properly.
-		DeleteFile( "Data\\INI\\INIZH.big" );
-
 		// not part of the subsystem list, because it should normally never be reset!
 		TheNameKeyGenerator = MSGNEW("GameEngineSubsystem") NameKeyGenerator;
 		TheNameKeyGenerator->init();