diff --git a/pub/.htaccess b/pub/.htaccess
index 85a204c85e8a8..6a97a6d14dc00 100644
--- a/pub/.htaccess
+++ b/pub/.htaccess
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@
     php_flag session.auto_start off
 
 ############################################
-## Enable resulting html compression
-
-    #php_flag zlib.output_compression on
-
-###########################################
 # Disable user agent verification to not break multiple image upload
 
     php_flag suhosin.session.cryptua off