diff --git a/icm_bootstrap b/icm_bootstrap
index 9a80252..78ece4f 100755
--- a/icm_bootstrap
+++ b/icm_bootstrap
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ cd doc
 
 echo man-pages to tmp/${MANDIR}/man1 and .../man7
 for x in *.1 ; do
-    gzip -9cn $x > ../tmp/${MANDIR}/man1/$x.gz || exit 1
+    cp $x ../tmp/${MANDIR}/man1/$x || exit 1
 done
 
 for x in *.7 ; do
-    gzip -9cn $x > ../tmp/${MANDIR}/man7/$x.gz  || exit 1
+    cp $x ../tmp/${MANDIR}/man7/$x || exit 1
 done
 
 echo documentation to tmp/${DOCDIR} and tmp/${DOCDOCDIR}
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ echo documentation to tmp/${DOCDIR} and tmp/${DOCDOCDIR}
 #    gzip -9cn $x > ../tmp/${DOCDOCDIR}/$x.gz  || exit 1
 #done
 
-gzip -9cn icmake.ps > ../tmp/${DOCDOCDIR}/icmake.ps.gz  || exit 1
+cp icmake.ps ../tmp/${DOCDOCDIR}/icmake.ps || exit 1
 
 cd ..
 
-gzip -9cn changelog > tmp/${DOCDIR}/changelog.gz || exit 1
+cp changelog tmp/${DOCDIR}/changelog || exit 1
 
 try cp -r examples tmp/${DOCDOCDIR}