--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ DISTFILES=			\
 
 PKGSOURCE= 			\
 	vzdump 			\
-	vzdump.1.gz 		\
+	vzdump.1 		\
 	vzrestore 		\
-	vzrestore.1.gz 		\
+	vzrestore.1 		\
 	VZDump.pm 		\
 	Plugin.pm 		\
 	OpenVZ.pm		\
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ install: ${PKGSOURCE}
 	install -m 0755 vzdump ${DESTDIR}${SBINDIR}
 	install -m 0755 vzrestore ${DESTDIR}${SBINDIR}
 	install -d ${DESTDIR}${MAN1DIR}
-	install -m 0644 vzdump.1.gz ${DESTDIR}${MAN1DIR}
-	install -m 0644 vzrestore.1.gz ${DESTDIR}${MAN1DIR}
+	install -m 0644 vzdump.1 ${DESTDIR}${MAN1DIR}
+	install -m 0644 vzrestore.1 ${DESTDIR}${MAN1DIR}
 	install -d ${DESTDIR}${PERLLIBDIR}
 	install -m 0644 VZDump.pm ${DESTDIR}${PERLLIBDIR}
 	install -d ${DESTDIR}${PERLLIBDIR}/VZDump
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ deb ${DEB}: ${PKGSOURCE} ${DISTFILES}
 	rm -rf debian
 	lintian ${DEB}
 
-%.1.gz: %
-	rm -f $*.1.gz
-	pod2man -n $* -s 1 -r ${VERSION} -c "Proxmox Documentation"  <$* |gzip -c9 >$*.1.gz
+%.1: %
+	rm -f $*.1
+	pod2man -n $* -s 1 -r ${VERSION} -c "Proxmox Documentation"  <$* >$*.1
 
 .PHONY: rpm
 rpm ${RPM}: ${TGZ} ${PACKAGE}.spec
@@ -134,4 +134,4 @@ ${TGZ}: ${DISTFILES}
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean: 	
-	rm -rf debian *~ *.deb *.tar.gz *.rpm *.1.gz vzdump.spec control ${DISTDIR}
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+	rm -rf debian *~ *.deb *.tar.gz *.rpm *.1.gz vzdump.spec control ${DISTDIR}