diff --git a/system/lxtask/lxtask.SlackBuild b/system/lxtask/lxtask.SlackBuild
index 0513f3574d..77913c0dc0 100644
--- a/system/lxtask/lxtask.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/lxtask/lxtask.SlackBuild
@@ -116,9 +116,6 @@ cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 chown -R root:root $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 find $PKG/usr/doc -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
-find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
-for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
-
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh