diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ebb47d92..b33a7d9e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -64,20 +64,6 @@ version = "1.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5f093eed78becd229346bf859eec0aa4dd7ddde0757287b2b4107a1f09c80002"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "async-compression"
-version = "0.3.15"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "942c7cd7ae39e91bde4820d74132e9862e62c2f386c3aa90ccf55949f5bad63a"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-core",
- "memchr",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "tokio",
- "zstd",
- "zstd-safe",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
 version = "0.1.68"
@@ -2999,7 +2985,6 @@ version = "0.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a8bd22a874a2d0b70452d5597b12c537331d49060824a95f49f108994f94aa4c"
 dependencies = [
- "async-compression",
  "bitflags 2.3.2",
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",
@@ -3008,8 +2993,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "http-body",
  "http-range-header",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-util",
  "tower",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
@@ -3592,25 +3575,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "zstd"
-version = "0.11.2+zstd.1.5.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "20cc960326ece64f010d2d2107537f26dc589a6573a316bd5b1dba685fa5fde4"
-dependencies = [
- "zstd-safe",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zstd-safe"
-version = "5.0.2+zstd.1.5.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1d2a5585e04f9eea4b2a3d1eca508c4dee9592a89ef6f450c11719da0726f4db"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "zstd-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "zstd-sys"
 version = "2.0.8+zstd.1.5.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 12e91091..60555631 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ rust-version = "1.64.0"
 axum = { version = "0.5.16", default-features = false, features = ["form", "headers", "http1", "http2", "json", "matched-path"], optional = true }
 axum-server = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["tls-rustls"] }
 tower = { version = "0.4.13", features = ["util"] }
-tower-http = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["add-extension", "cors", "compression-zstd", "sensitive-headers", "trace", "util"] }
+tower-http = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["add-extension", "cors", "sensitive-headers", "trace", "util"] }
 
 # Used for matrix spec type definitions and helpers
 #ruma = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["compat", "rand", "appservice-api-c", "client-api", "federation-api", "push-gateway-api-c", "state-res", "unstable-pre-spec", "unstable-exhaustive-types"] }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index edb76402..20fab912 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ async fn run_server() -> io::Result<()> {
                 tracing::info_span!("http_request", %path)
             }),
         )
-        .compression()
         .layer(axum::middleware::from_fn(unrecognized_method))
         .layer(
             CorsLayer::new()