diff --git a/inc/mod/pages.php b/inc/mod/pages.php
index 1e8b47f4..219141b2 100644
--- a/inc/mod/pages.php
+++ b/inc/mod/pages.php
@@ -1189,9 +1189,6 @@ function mod_bans_json(Context $ctx) {
         if (!hasPermission($config['mod']['ban']))
                 error($config['error']['noaccess']);
 
-    // Compress the json for faster loads
-    if (substr_count($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING'], 'gzip')) ob_start("ob_gzhandler");
-
     Bans::stream_json(false, !hasPermission($config['mod']['view_banstaff']), $mod['boards']);
 }