A third-order system of ordinary differential equations, modelling two predators competing for a single prey species, is analysed in this paper. A delay term modelling the delayed logistic growth of the prey is included. Fixed points of the system are identified, and a linearized stability analysis is carried out. For some parameter regime, there exists a continuum of equilibria and these equilibria may undergo a zip bifurcation. The main results presented herein are that this zip bifurcation is ‘unsustainable’ for certain ranges of values of the time-delay parameter. Finally, spatial diffusion is incorporated in the delay differential equation model, and it is shown that the zip bifurcation remains unsustainable.