diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 34f585f..b8e5072 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ SYSTEMDDIR = $(PREFIX)/lib/systemd/system
 MAN1DIR    = $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1
 MAN5DIR    = $(PREFIX)/share/man/man5
 
-export COMPRESS ?= yes
-
 ifeq ($(COMPRESS), yes)
   DOCS := $(addsuffix .gz,$(DOCS))
 endif
diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index 9b77bf6..42ebdad 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ DOCDIR     = $(PREFIX)/share/doc/$(PN)
 MAN1DIR    = $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1
 MAN5DIR    = $(PREFIX)/share/man/man5
 
-COMPRESS  ?= yes
-
 ifeq ($(COMPRESS), yes)
   DOCS     := $(addsuffix .gz,$(DOCS))
   MAN_MAN1 := $(addsuffix .gz,$(MAN_MAN1))