diff --git a/src/doc/Makefile.in b/src/doc/Makefile.in
index 5660f41..c2aadbe 100644
--- a/src/doc/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/doc/Makefile.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ INSTALL_PROGRAM = @INSTALL_PROGRAM@
 INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@
 INSTALL_INFO = @INSTALL_INFO@
 mkinstalldirs = $(top_srcdir)/bdwgc/install-sh -d
-INFO_FILE = ecl.info.gz
+INFO_FILE = ecl.info
 MAKEINFO = @MAKEINFO@
 MANUAL_MAKE_TARGET = @MANUAL_MAKE_TARGET@
 MANUAL_INSTALL_TARGET = @MANUAL_INSTALL_TARGET@
diff --git a/src/doc/manual/Makefile b/src/doc/manual/Makefile
index f82c287..2ff67e0 100644
--- a/src/doc/manual/Makefile
+++ b/src/doc/manual/Makefile
@@ -5,15 +5,14 @@ FILES= *.txi */*.txi figures/*
 all: pdf info html
 
 pdf: manual.pdf
-info: ecl.info.gz
+info: ecl.info
 html: html/index.html
 
 manual.pdf: $(FILES)
 	texi2pdf manual.txi
 
-ecl.info.gz: $(FILES)
+ecl.info: $(FILES)
 	$(MAKEINFO) --no-split manual.txi
-	gzip < ecl.info > ecl.info.gz
 
 html/index.html: $(FILES)
 	$(MAKEINFO) --html --css-include=ecl.css --split=section manual.txi