diff --git a/wiki/config/settings.yml b/wiki/config/settings.yml
index 35cfbde40..8961d34a0 100644
--- a/wiki/config/settings.yml
+++ b/wiki/config/settings.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ mail_from:
 text_formatting:
   default: textile
 wiki_compression:
-  default: gzip
+  default: ""
 default_language:
   default: en
 host_name: