diff --git a/man/man8/CMakeLists.txt b/man/man8/CMakeLists.txt
index 718c7006..3fb623ff 100644
--- a/man/man8/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/man/man8/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
 find_program(GZIP gzip)
 file(GLOB FILES *.8)
-set(GZFILES "")
-foreach(FIL ${FILES})
-  get_filename_component(NAME ${FIL} NAME)
-  add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${NAME}.gz
-    COMMAND ${GZIP} -c ${FIL} > ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${NAME}.gz
-    DEPENDS ${FIL})
-  list(APPEND GZFILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${NAME}.gz")
-endforeach()
 add_custom_target(man ALL DEPENDS ${GZFILES})
-install(FILES ${GZFILES} DESTINATION share/bcc/man/man8)
+install(FILES ${FILES} DESTINATION share/bcc/man/man8)