diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 53a11f68ddd60f4021bab4c507e07f1c1f32c683..8a8785c3d4bd116589ec65d1fd8c5914a93db162 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     "chai": "^3.5.0",
     "chai-http": "^3.0.0",
     "chalk": "^1.1.3",
-    "compression": "^1.6.2",
     "cookie-parser": "^1.3.5",
     "cors": "^2.7.1",
     "csv-express": "^1.1.0",
diff --git a/src/libs/app.js b/src/libs/app.js
index d0f452ab3b188297471416019e478b5d64c1d2b6..7fea0e033f464d10da99ca834cd4791639c4ee68 100644
--- a/src/libs/app.js
+++ b/src/libs/app.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ const cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
 const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 const methodOverride = require('method-override');
 const cors = require('cors');
-const compression = require('compression');
 const squel = require('squel');
 
 const libs = `${process.cwd()}/libs`;
@@ -30,8 +29,6 @@ app.use(cookieParser());
 // Enable Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
 app.use(cors());
 app.use(methodOverride());
-// Enable maximum compression
-app.use(compression(9));
 // Middleware tha adds the squel object to req
 app.use((req, res, next) => {
     req.sql = squel.select();