diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 335d17d..683a379 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -157,11 +157,7 @@ verify: $(REG_BIN) regdbdump
 		LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$(LD_LIBRARY_PATH) \
 		./regdbdump $(REG_BIN) >/dev/null
 
-%.gz: %
-	@$(NQ) ' GZIP' $<
-	$(Q)gzip < $< > $@
-
-install: install-libreg install-libreg-headers crda crda.8.gz regdbdump.8.gz
+install: install-libreg install-libreg-headers crda crda.8 regdbdump.8
 	$(NQ) '  INSTALL  crda'
 	$(Q)$(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)/$(SBINDIR)
 	$(Q)$(INSTALL) -m 755 -t $(DESTDIR)/$(SBINDIR) crda
@@ -177,13 +173,13 @@ install: install-libreg install-libreg-headers crda crda.8.gz regdbdump.8.gz
 	$(Q)$(INSTALL) -m 644 -t \
 		$(DESTDIR)/$(UDEV_RULE_DIR)/ \
 		udev/$(UDEV_LEVEL)regulatory.rules
-	$(NQ) '  INSTALL  crda.8.gz'
+	$(NQ) '  INSTALL  crda.8'
 	$(Q)$(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man8/
-	$(Q)$(INSTALL) -m 644 -t $(DESTDIR)/$(MANDIR)/man8/ crda.8.gz
-	$(NQ) '  INSTALL  regdbdump.8.gz'
-	$(Q)$(INSTALL) -m 644 -t $(DESTDIR)/$(MANDIR)/man8/ regdbdump.8.gz
+	$(Q)$(INSTALL) -m 644 -t $(DESTDIR)/$(MANDIR)/man8/ crda.8
+	$(NQ) '  INSTALL  regdbdump.8'
+	$(Q)$(INSTALL) -m 644 -t $(DESTDIR)/$(MANDIR)/man8/ regdbdump.8
 
 clean:
 	$(Q)rm -f $(LIBREG) crda regdbdump intersect db2rd optimize \
-		*.o *~ *.pyc keys.c *.gz \
+		*.o *~ *.pyc keys.c \
 	udev/$(UDEV_LEVEL)regulatory.rules udev/regulatory.rules.parsed