diff --git a/backend/chainlit/server.py b/backend/chainlit/server.py
index 11bc8b3a8f..7fe842c956 100644
--- a/backend/chainlit/server.py
+++ b/backend/chainlit/server.py
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
     UploadFile,
     status,
 )
-from fastapi.middleware.gzip import GZipMiddleware
 from fastapi.responses import FileResponse, HTMLResponse, JSONResponse, RedirectResponse
 from fastapi.security import OAuth2PasswordRequestForm
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
@@ -188,8 +187,6 @@ def get_build_dir(local_target: str, packaged_target: str):
     allow_headers=["*"],
 )
 
-app.add_middleware(GZipMiddleware)
-
 socket = SocketManager(
     app,
     cors_allowed_origins=[],