diff --git a/man/adoc/CMakeLists.txt b/man/adoc/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f785d9d..c046b79f 100644
--- a/man/adoc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/man/adoc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-find_program(GZIP gzip REQUIRED)
 find_program(ASCIIDOCTOR asciidoctor REQUIRED)
 file(GLOB FILES *.adoc)
-set(GZFILES "")
 foreach(FIL ${FILES})
   get_filename_component(NAME ${FIL} NAME_WE)
   set(MANPAGE_FILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${NAME}.8)
@@ -10,12 +8,6 @@ foreach(FIL ${FILES})
   add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${MANPAGE_FILE}
     COMMAND ${ASCIIDOCTOR} ${FIL} -b manpage -o - > ${MANPAGE_FILE}
     DEPENDS ${FIL})
-
-  add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${GZ_MANPAGE_FILE}
-    COMMAND ${GZIP} -c ${MANPAGE_FILE} > ${GZ_MANPAGE_FILE}
-    DEPENDS ${MANPAGE_FILE})
-
-  list(APPEND GZFILES ${GZ_MANPAGE_FILE})
 endforeach()
-add_custom_target(adoc_man DEPENDS ${GZFILES})
-install(FILES ${GZFILES} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man8)
+add_custom_target(adoc_man DEPENDS ${FILES})
+install(FILES ${FILES} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man8)
diff --git a/man/man8/CMakeLists.txt b/man/man8/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a316cd9..2207cf80 100644
--- a/man/man8/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/man/man8/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-find_program(GZIP gzip REQUIRED)
 file(GLOB FILES *.8)
-set(GZFILES "")
-foreach(FIL ${FILES})
-  get_filename_component(NAME ${FIL} NAME)
-  add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${NAME}.gz
-    COMMAND ${GZIP} -c ${FIL} > ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${NAME}.gz
-    DEPENDS ${FIL})
-  list(APPEND GZFILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${NAME}.gz")
-endforeach()
 add_custom_target(man_man DEPENDS ${GZFILES})
-install(FILES ${GZFILES} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man8)
+install(FILES ${FILES} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man8)