diff --git a/autocutsel.changes b/autocutsel.changes
index 057266c..b86d5e4 100644
--- a/autocutsel.changes
+++ b/autocutsel.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov 27 16:08:11 UTC 2024 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
+
+- do not compress the manual page manually; it's done by a brp
+  script during build automatically giving us more flexibility
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 26 21:52:59 UTC 2024 - Michael Pujos <pujos.michael@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/autocutsel.spec b/autocutsel.spec
index a9dd5f6..dfba908 100644
--- a/autocutsel.spec
+++ b/autocutsel.spec
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ three "clipboards" are always kept synchronized.
 %install
 %make_install
 install -m 644 -D -t %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1 %{SOURCE100} %{SOURCE101}
-gzip %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 %files
 %license COPYING