diff --git a/man/adoc/CMakeLists.txt b/man/adoc/CMakeLists.txt
index 1a81dee0..c93ccbd2 100644
--- a/man/adoc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/man/adoc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-find_program(GZIP gzip REQUIRED)
 find_program(ASCIIDOCTOR asciidoctor)
 file(GLOB FILES *.adoc)
-set(GZFILES "")
 if(NOT "${ASCIIDOCTOR}" STREQUAL "ASCIIDOCTOR-NOTFOUND")
   foreach(FIL ${FILES})
     get_filename_component(NAME ${FIL} NAME_WE)
@@ -12,14 +10,9 @@ if(NOT "${ASCIIDOCTOR}" STREQUAL "ASCIIDOCTOR-NOTFOUND")
       COMMAND ${ASCIIDOCTOR} ${FIL} -b manpage -o - > ${MANPAGE_FILE}
       DEPENDS ${FIL})
 
-    add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${GZ_MANPAGE_FILE}
-      COMMAND ${GZIP} -nc ${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)
 else()
   message(WARNING "asciidoctor not found, building without bpftrace manpage")
   add_custom_target(adoc_man)
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} -nc ${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)
