diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/mkinitramfs b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/mkinitramfs
index c9df3d947a7..2d0acdd7bf2 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/mkinitramfs
+++ b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/files/mkinitramfs
@@ -144,9 +144,8 @@ if ! `grep -q -i ^config_rd_${COMPRESS%p} /boot/config-${version}` ; then
 		echo "linux-2.6 misses ${COMPRESS} support, using gzip"
 fi
 
-# Always compress with best compression mode to save space.
 [ "$compress" = xz ] && compress="xz --check=crc32"
-compress="$compress -9"
+compress="$compress"
 
 if [ -d "${outfile}" ]; then
 	echo "${outfile} is a directory" >&2
diff --git a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/template b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/template
index 03febfcd72f..05e66fdd20e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/initramfs-tools/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'initramfs-tools'
 pkgname=initramfs-tools
-_localver=117		# This is the XBPS version
+_localver=118		# This is the XBPS version
 _distver=0.99		# This should match debian version
 version=${_distver}.${_localver}
 short_desc="Tools for generating an initramfs"