diff --git a/edk2toolext/environment/extdeptypes/web_dependency.py b/edk2toolext/environment/extdeptypes/web_dependency.py
index 0095c7bc..c694c0f4 100644
--- a/edk2toolext/environment/extdeptypes/web_dependency.py
+++ b/edk2toolext/environment/extdeptypes/web_dependency.py
@@ -129,9 +129,6 @@ def fetch(self):
         # # If we're unpacking a directory, we can copy the important parts into
         # # a directory named self.contents_dir
         if self.download_is_directory:
-            # The root of the internal path is the folder we will see populated in descriptor_location
-            unzip_root = WebDependency.get_internal_path_root(self.descriptor_location, self.internal_path)
-
             logging.info(f"Copying directory from {complete_internal_path} to {self.contents_dir}")
             if os.path.isdir(complete_internal_path) is False:
                 # internal_path was not accurate, exit
@@ -141,9 +138,9 @@ def fetch(self):
             shutil.move(complete_internal_path, self.contents_dir)
 
             # If the unzipped directory still exists, delete it.
-            if os.path.isdir(unzip_root):
-                logging.debug(f"Cleaning up {unzip_root}")
-                shutil.rmtree(unzip_root)
+            if os.path.isdir(temp_folder):
+                logging.debug(f"Cleaning up {temp_folder}")
+                shutil.rmtree(temp_folder)
 
         # If we just downloaded a file, we need to create a directory named self.contents_dir,
         # copy the file inside, and name it self.internal_path
diff --git a/edk2toolext/tests/test_web_dependency.py b/edk2toolext/tests/test_web_dependency.py
index 24ee57ee..1148f500 100644
--- a/edk2toolext/tests/test_web_dependency.py
+++ b/edk2toolext/tests/test_web_dependency.py
@@ -44,7 +44,28 @@
     "flags": [],
     "internal_path": "test.txt"
 }
-
+# Use the github release
+zip_directory_extdep = {
+    "scope": "global",
+    "type": "web",
+    "name": "win-flexbison",
+    "compression_type": "zip",
+    "source": "https://github.com/lexxmark/winflexbison/releases/download/v2.4.7/win_flex_bison-2.4.7.zip",
+    "version": "2.4.7",
+    "sha256": "7553a2d6738c799e101ec38a6ad073885ead892826f87bc1a24e78bcd7ac2a8c",
+    "internal_path": "/."
+}
+# Use the GNU FTP
+tar_directory_extdep = {
+    "scope": "global",
+    "type": "web",
+    "name": "unix-bison",
+    "compression_type": "tar",
+    "source": "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/bison-3.7.tar.gz",
+    "version": "3.7",
+    "sha256": "492ad61202de893ca21a99b621d63fa5389da58804ad79d3f226b8d04b803998",
+    "internal_path": "/bison-3.7",
+}
 # Download a valid file from CDN
 jquery_json_file = {
     "scope": "global",
@@ -120,6 +141,40 @@ def test_single_file(self):
         if not os.path.isfile(file_path):
             self.fail("The downloaded file isn't there")
 
+    # try to download a whole zip directory and test sha256 comparison
+    def test_sha256_whole_zip_directory(self):
+        ext_dep_file_path = os.path.join(test_dir, "good_ext_dep.json")
+
+        with open(ext_dep_file_path, "w+") as ext_dep_file:
+            ext_dep_file.write(json.dumps(zip_directory_extdep))  # dump to a file
+
+        ext_dep_descriptor = EDF.ExternDepDescriptor(ext_dep_file_path).descriptor_contents
+        ext_dep = WebDependency(ext_dep_descriptor)
+        ext_dep.fetch()
+
+        ext_dep_name = zip_directory_extdep['name'] + "_extdep"
+        folder_path = os.path.join(test_dir, ext_dep_name)
+        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(folder_path, "README.txt")):
+            logging.warning(folder_path)
+            self.fail()
+
+    # try to download a whole zip directory and test sha256 comparison
+    def test_sha256_whole_tar_directory(self):
+        ext_dep_file_path = os.path.join(test_dir, "good_ext_dep.json")
+
+        with open(ext_dep_file_path, "w+") as ext_dep_file:
+            ext_dep_file.write(json.dumps(tar_directory_extdep))  # dump to a file
+
+        ext_dep_descriptor = EDF.ExternDepDescriptor(ext_dep_file_path).descriptor_contents
+        ext_dep = WebDependency(ext_dep_descriptor)
+        ext_dep.fetch()
+
+        ext_dep_name = tar_directory_extdep['name'] + "_extdep"
+        folder_path = os.path.join(test_dir, ext_dep_name)
+        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(folder_path, "README")):
+            logging.warning(folder_path)
+            self.fail()
+
     # try to download a single file and test sha256 comparison
     def test_sha256_uppercase_single_file(self):
         ext_dep_file_path = os.path.join(test_dir, "good_ext_dep.json")