diff --git a/scripts/http_host/nginx_sync/nginx_sync.py b/scripts/http_host/nginx_sync/nginx_sync.py
index 5eb9b93..95acd70 100755
--- a/scripts/http_host/nginx_sync/nginx_sync.py
+++ b/scripts/http_host/nginx_sync/nginx_sync.py
@@ -63,9 +63,7 @@ def cli():
         version_str = rf"""
             location /{area}/{version} {{    # no trailing hash
                 alias {tilejson_path};       # no trailing hash
-
                 default_type application/json;
-                gzip on;
 
                 add_header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' '*' always;
                 add_header Cache-Control public;