--- lmms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ lmms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -575,15 +575,6 @@
 # post-install tasks
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(cmake/postinstall)
 
-ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(OUTPUT "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lmms.1.gz"
-				COMMAND gzip -c ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/lmms.1 > ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lmms.1.gz
-				DEPENDS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/lmms.1"
-				COMMENT "Generating lmms.1.gz"
-				VERBATIM)
-
-
-ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(manpage ALL
-				DEPENDS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lmms.1.gz")
 
 # install headers
 
--- lmms/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ lmms/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 	)
 ENDIF()
 
-SET_DIRECTORY_PROPERTIES(PROPERTIES ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES "${LMMS_ER_H} ${LMMS_UI_OUT} lmmsconfig.h lmms.1.gz")
+SET_DIRECTORY_PROPERTIES(PROPERTIES ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES "${LMMS_ER_H} ${LMMS_UI_OUT} lmmsconfig.h lmms.1")
 
 IF(LMMS_BUILD_WIN32)
 	SET(EXTRA_LIBRARIES "-lwinmm")
@@ -258,6 +258,6 @@
 	ENDIF(NOT LMMS_BUILD_APPLE)
 
 	INSTALL(TARGETS lmms RUNTIME DESTINATION "${BIN_DIR}")
-	INSTALL(FILES "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lmms.1.gz" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/man/man1/" PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ GROUP_READ WORLD_READ)
+	INSTALL(FILES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/lmms.1" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/man/man1/" PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ GROUP_READ WORLD_READ)
 
 ENDIF(LMMS_BUILD_WIN32)