diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 18d9067..bc14bec 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -68,12 +68,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "base64",
  "bitflags",
- "brotli",
  "bytes",
  "bytestring",
  "derive_more",
  "encoding_rs",
- "flate2",
  "futures-core",
  "h2",
  "http",
@@ -89,7 +87,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha1",
  "smallvec",
  "tracing",
- "zstd",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -263,21 +260,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "alloc-no-stdlib"
-version = "2.0.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cc7bb162ec39d46ab1ca8c77bf72e890535becd1751bb45f64c597edb4c8c6b3"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "alloc-stdlib"
-version = "0.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "94fb8275041c72129eb51b7d0322c29b8387a0386127718b096429201a5d6ece"
-dependencies = [
- "alloc-no-stdlib",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ammonia"
 version = "3.2.1"
@@ -628,27 +610,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cipher",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "brotli"
-version = "3.3.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a1a0b1dbcc8ae29329621f8d4f0d835787c1c38bb1401979b49d13b0b305ff68"
-dependencies = [
- "alloc-no-stdlib",
- "alloc-stdlib",
- "brotli-decompressor",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "brotli-decompressor"
-version = "2.3.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "59ad2d4653bf5ca36ae797b1f4bb4dbddb60ce49ca4aed8a2ce4829f60425b80"
-dependencies = [
- "alloc-no-stdlib",
- "alloc-stdlib",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.11.1"
@@ -687,9 +648,6 @@ name = "cc"
 version = "1.0.77"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e9f73505338f7d905b19d18738976aae232eb46b8efc15554ffc56deb5d9ebe4"
-dependencies = [
- "jobserver",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
@@ -1496,15 +1454,6 @@ version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4217ad341ebadf8d8e724e264f13e593e0648f5b3e94b3896a5df283be015ecc"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "jobserver"
-version = "0.1.25"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "068b1ee6743e4d11fb9c6a1e6064b3693a1b600e7f5f5988047d98b3dc9fb90b"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.60"
@@ -3820,32 +3769,3 @@ name = "zeroize"
 version = "1.5.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c394b5bd0c6f669e7275d9c20aa90ae064cb22e75a1cad54e1b34088034b149f"
-
-[[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 = "2.0.2+zstd.1.5.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "24faa29d97c8ddca9b37b680e3bd2d5439d864a9cac3a0640d086b71c908bb83"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
-]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9a925ef..418ad16 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ anyhow = "1.0"
 actix-rt = "2.7.0"
 actix-web = { version = "4.0.1", default-features = false, features = [
   "rustls",
-  "compress-gzip",
-  "compress-zstd",
-  "compress-brotli",
 ] }
 actix-webfinger = "0.4.0"
 activitystreams = "0.7.0-alpha.19"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a428991..3aec493 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #![allow(clippy::needless_borrow)]
 
 use activitystreams::iri_string::types::IriString;
-use actix_web::{middleware::Compress, web, App, HttpServer};
+use actix_web::{web, App, HttpServer};
 use collector::MemoryCollector;
 #[cfg(feature = "console")]
 use console_subscriber::ConsoleLayer;
@@ -224,8 +224,7 @@ async fn do_server_main(
             app
         };
 
-        app.wrap(Compress::default())
-            .wrap(TracingLogger::default())
+        app.wrap(TracingLogger::default())
             .wrap(Timings)
             .service(web::resource("/").route(web::get().to(index)))
             .service(web::resource("/media/{path}").route(web::get().to(routes::media)))