diff --git a/common/hooks/post-install/00-compress-manpages.sh b/common/hooks/post-install/00-compress-manpages.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index a346a6047e9..00000000000
--- a/common/hooks/post-install/00-compress-manpages.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# This hook compresses manual pages with gzip(1).
-
-hook() {
-	local fpattern="s|${PKGDESTDIR}||g;s|^\./$||g;/^$/d"
-	local j f dirat lnkat newlnk
-
-	if [ ! -d "${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/man" ]; then
-		return 0
-	fi
-
-	find ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/man -type f -follow | while read f
-	do
-		j=$(echo "$f"|sed -e "$fpattern")
-		[ "$j" = "" ] && continue
-		if $(echo "$j"|grep -q '.*.gz$'); then
-			continue
-		fi
-		if [ -h ${PKGDESTDIR}/"$j" ]; then
-			dirat=$(dirname "$j")
-			lnkat=$(readlink ${PKGDESTDIR}/"$j")
-			newlnk=$(basename "$j")
-			rm -f ${PKGDESTDIR}/"$j"
-			cd ${PKGDESTDIR}/"$dirat"
-			ln -s "${lnkat}".gz "${newlnk}".gz
-			continue
-		fi
-		echo "   Compressing manpage: $j..."
-		gzip -nfq9 ${PKGDESTDIR}/"$j"
-	done
-}