diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7301c5b..d32228a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -111,17 +111,8 @@ add_executable(laminarc src/client.cpp src/version.cpp laminar.capnp.c++)
 target_link_libraries(laminarc capnp-rpc capnp kj-async kj pthread)
 
 ## Manpages
-macro(gzip SOURCE)
-    get_filename_component(OUT_FILE ${SOURCE} NAME)
-    add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${OUT_FILE}.gz
-        COMMAND gzip < ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${SOURCE} > ${OUT_FILE}.gz
-        DEPENDS ${SOURCE})
-endmacro()
-add_custom_target(laminar-manpages ALL DEPENDS laminard.8.gz laminarc.1.gz)
-gzip(etc/laminard.8)
-gzip(etc/laminarc.1)
-install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/laminard.8.gz DESTINATION share/man/man8)
-install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/laminarc.1.gz DESTINATION share/man/man1)
+install(FILES etc/laminard.8 DESTINATION share/man/man8)
+install(FILES etc/laminarc.1 DESTINATION share/man/man1)
 
 ## Tests
 set(BUILD_TESTS FALSE CACHE BOOL "Build tests")