diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 94817e1a..8cac1cbf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Release history for s390-tools (MIT version)
   Add new tools / libraries:
 
   Changes of existing tools:
+  - chreipl-fcp-mpath: don't compress the manpage before installing it
 
   Bug Fixes:
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eb5c81fd..62e4c117 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -479,4 +479,4 @@ the different tools are provided:
   util-linux, udev, and multipath-tools. When using `HAVE_DRACUT=1` with the
   make invocation, it also requires dracut. When using `ENABLE_DOC=1` with the
   make invocation to build a man page and render the README.md as HTML, make
-  further requires pandoc, GNU awk, and GNU Gzip for the build process.
+  further requires pandoc and GNU awk for the build process.
diff --git a/chreipl-fcp-mpath/.gitignore b/chreipl-fcp-mpath/.gitignore
index 46111959..ecd49eee 100644
--- a/chreipl-fcp-mpath/.gitignore
+++ b/chreipl-fcp-mpath/.gitignore
@@ -10,4 +10,3 @@
 /README.pdf
 /chreipl-fcp-mpath.md
 /chreipl-fcp-mpath.7
-/chreipl-fcp-mpath.7.gz
diff --git a/chreipl-fcp-mpath/Makefile b/chreipl-fcp-mpath/Makefile
index 80cab7f1..9b4aae03 100644
--- a/chreipl-fcp-mpath/Makefile
+++ b/chreipl-fcp-mpath/Makefile
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 #   bash:
 #     - bash
 # If $(ENABLE_DOC) is `1`:
-#   GNU Gzip:
-#     - gzip
 #   GNU awk:
 #     - gawk
 
@@ -186,18 +184,11 @@ INSTDIRS += $(MANDIR)
 .PHONY: chreipl-fcp-mpath-install-man-page
 chreipl-fcp-mpath-install-man-page: | $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man7
 chreipl-fcp-mpath-install-man-page: chreipl-fcp-mpath.7
-	$(GZIP) -fk --best chreipl-fcp-mpath.7
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) -t $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man7			\
-		chreipl-fcp-mpath.7.gz
+		chreipl-fcp-mpath.7
 
 chreipl-fcp-mpath-install: chreipl-fcp-mpath-install-man-page
 
-.PHONY: chreipl-fcp-mpath-install-man-page-clean
-chreipl-fcp-mpath-install-man-page-clean:
-	rm -f chreipl-fcp-mpath.7.gz
-
-chreipl-fcp-mpath-clean: chreipl-fcp-mpath-install-man-page-clean
-
 endif
 
 #
diff --git a/chreipl-fcp-mpath/README.md b/chreipl-fcp-mpath/README.md
index 3943f736..d58ccd2c 100644
--- a/chreipl-fcp-mpath/README.md
+++ b/chreipl-fcp-mpath/README.md
@@ -131,8 +131,7 @@ To build and install the documentation (man page) you need:
 
   - pandoc;
   - GNU Core Utilities (date);
-  - GNU awk;
-  - GNU Gzip.
+  - GNU awk.
 
 INSTALLATION
 ============
@@ -207,7 +206,7 @@ files to these default locations:
     /usr/lib/udev/chreipl-fcp-mpath-record-volume-identifier
     /usr/lib/udev/chreipl-fcp-mpath-try-change-ipl-path
     /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/70-chreipl-fcp-mpath.rules
-    /usr/share/man/man7/chreipl-fcp-mpath.7.gz
+    /usr/share/man/man7/chreipl-fcp-mpath.7
 
 UNINSTALL
 =========