--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # Codename "synthetic system strainer"
 #
 
-CFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra -DVERSION='"$(VERSION)"' -O2 -std=gnu99
+CFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra -DVERSION='"$(VERSION)"' -std=gnu99
 
 #
 # Pedantic flags
@@ -364,12 +364,10 @@
 .o: stress-ng.h Makefile
 
 .c.o:
-	@echo "CC $<"
-	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 stress-ng: $(OBJS)
-	@echo "LD $@"
-	@$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(OBJS) -lm $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(OBJS) -lm $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
 	@sync
 
 makeconfig:
@@ -390,8 +388,7 @@
 		sed '$$ s/.$$//' >> apparmor-data.c
 	@echo "};" >> apparmor-data.c
 	@echo "const size_t g_apparmor_data_len = sizeof(g_apparmor_data);" >> apparmor-data.c
-	@echo "CC $<"
-	@$(CC) -c apparmor-data.c -o apparmor-data.o
+	$(CC) -c apparmor-data.c -o apparmor-data.o
 	@rm -rf apparmor-data.c apparmor-data.bin
 
 #
@@ -419,12 +416,10 @@
 	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -E core-perf-event.c | $(GREP) "PERF_COUNT" | \
 	sed 's/,/ /' | sed s/'^ *//' | \
 	awk {'print "#define _SNG_" $$1 " (1)"'} > core-perf-event.h
-	@echo CC $<
-	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 stress-vecmath.o: stress-vecmath.c
-	@echo CC $<
-	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -fno-builtin -c -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -fno-builtin -c -o $@ $<
 
 $(OBJS): stress-ng.h Makefile
 
@@ -478,7 +473,7 @@
 	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}
 	cp stress-ng ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}
 	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${MANDIR}
-	cp stress-ng.1.gz ${DESTDIR}${MANDIR}
+	cp stress-ng.1 ${DESTDIR}${MANDIR}
 	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${JOBDIR}
 	cp -rp example-jobs/*.job ${DESTDIR}${JOBDIR}
 	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${BASHDIR}