--- a/Po4aBuilder.pm
+++ b/Po4aBuilder.pm
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@
         }
         $parser->parse_from_file( $file, $out );
 
-        system("gzip", "-9", "-n", "-f", $out) and die;
         unlink "$file" or die;
     }
 
@@ -275,7 +274,6 @@
                     print "Convert $outdir/$outfile.$section (online docbook.xsl file). ";
                     system("xsltproc", "-o", "$outdir/$outfile.$section", "--nonet", $docbook_xsl_url, $file) and die;
                 }
-                system("gzip", "-9", "-n", "-f", "$outdir/$outfile.$section") and die;
             }
             unlink "$file" or die;
         }