diff --git a/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-reverse-proxy-companion/templates/nginx/conf.d/matrix-synapse-reverse-proxy-companion.conf.j2 b/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-reverse-proxy-companion/templates/nginx/conf.d/matrix-synapse-reverse-proxy-companion.conf.j2
index 379f2091a..f32fe1e27 100644
--- a/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-reverse-proxy-companion/templates/nginx/conf.d/matrix-synapse-reverse-proxy-companion.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-reverse-proxy-companion/templates/nginx/conf.d/matrix-synapse-reverse-proxy-companion.conf.j2
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ server {
 	server_tokens off;
 	root /dev/null;
 
-	gzip on;
-	gzip_types text/plain application/json;
-
 	{% if matrix_synapse_reverse_proxy_companion_synapse_workers_enabled %}
 		# Client-server overrides -- These locations must go to the main Synapse process
 		location ~ {{ matrix_synapse_reverse_proxy_companion_client_server_main_override_locations_regex }} {
@@ -252,9 +249,6 @@ server {
 
 	root /dev/null;
 
-	gzip on;
-	gzip_types text/plain application/json;
-
 	{% if matrix_synapse_reverse_proxy_companion_synapse_workers_enabled %}
 		# Federation overrides -- These locations must go to the main Synapse process
 		location ~ {{ matrix_synapse_reverse_proxy_companion_federation_override_locations_regex }} {
diff --git a/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-reverse-proxy-companion/templates/nginx/nginx.conf.j2 b/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-reverse-proxy-companion/templates/nginx/nginx.conf.j2
index 119227634..4c532d1fe 100644
--- a/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-reverse-proxy-companion/templates/nginx/nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-reverse-proxy-companion/templates/nginx/nginx.conf.j2
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ http {
 
 	server_tokens off;
 
-	#gzip on;
 	{# Map directive needed for proxied WebSocket upgrades #}
 	map $http_upgrade $connection_upgrade {
 		default upgrade;