diff --git a/lib/travis/api/app.rb b/lib/travis/api/app.rb
index 354fc753..1df37684 100644
--- a/lib/travis/api/app.rb
+++ b/lib/travis/api/app.rb
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ module Travis::Api
             entitystore: "memcached://#{memcache_servers}/body-#{Travis::Api::App.deploy_sha}"
         end
 
-        use Rack::Deflater
         use Rack::PostBodyContentTypeParser
         use Rack::JSONP