Long-standing Brisbane live music venue The Zoo has announced it will no longer use "inefficient, inaccurate, expensive (and) useless" ID scanners, meaning it will be stopped from opening after midnight.

In a statement posted to Facebook on Monday evening, the venue said it was saying "bye-bye" to the scanners, which it described as having put "unnecessary strain on small businesses, Brisbane's nightlife and live music venues".

Brisbane band Ballpark Music playing at The Zoo. Credit:Tom Sue Yek

"Since the implementation of the new liquor licencing laws, hands of small businesses have been tied & with this decision comes our reduced trading hours to a 12am close, that in itself brings its own challenges for an independently owned business like The Zoo," the venue wrote.

"We take safety very seriously and over the past 25 years without scanners we've had no issues so we will continue this trend moving forward.