diff --git a/man/CMakeLists.txt b/man/CMakeLists.txt
index 1cb6bb5b..af069dca 100644
--- a/man/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/man/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,27 +12,23 @@ mark_as_advanced(HELP2MAN)
 if (HELP2MAN)
   set(MAN_INCLUDE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/man/extra.groff")
   set(MAN_PAGE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/xournalpp.1")
-  set(MAN_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/xournalpp.1.gz")
 
   add_custom_command(
-          OUTPUT ${MAN_FILE}
+          OUTPUT ${MAN_PAGE}
           COMMAND ${HELP2MAN} --no-info -i ${MAN_INCLUDE} -o ${MAN_PAGE} --version-string=${PROJECT_VERSION} --name="open-source hand note-taking program" ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/xournalpp
-          COMMAND gzip -n -f -9 ${MAN_PAGE}
           DEPENDS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/xournalpp
   )
 
   set(MAN_PAGE_THUMBNAILER "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/xournalpp-thumbnailer.1")
-  set(MAN_FILE_THUMBNAILER "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/xournalpp-thumbnailer.1.gz")
 
   add_custom_command(
-      OUTPUT ${MAN_FILE_THUMBNAILER}
+      OUTPUT ${MAN_PAGE_THUMBNAILER}
       COMMAND ${HELP2MAN} --no-info  --no-discard-stderr -o ${MAN_PAGE_THUMBNAILER} --version-string=${PROJECT_VERSION} --name="creates thumbnails" ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/xoj-preview-extractor/xournalpp-thumbnailer
-      COMMAND gzip -n -f -9 ${MAN_PAGE_THUMBNAILER}
       DEPENDS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/xoj-preview-extractor/xournalpp-thumbnailer
   )
 
-  add_custom_target(manpage ALL DEPENDS ${MAN_FILE} ${MAN_FILE_THUMBNAILER})
-  install(FILES ${MAN_FILE} ${MAN_FILE_THUMBNAILER} DESTINATION "share/man/man1")
+  add_custom_target(manpage ALL DEPENDS ${MAN_PAGE} ${MAN_PAGE_THUMBNAILER})
+  install(FILES ${MAN_PAGE} ${MAN_PAGE_THUMBNAILER} DESTINATION "share/man/man1")
 else(HELP2MAN)
   message("help2man is missing; no man pages will be generated")
 endif(HELP2MAN)