diff --git a/daemon/remote.c b/daemon/remote.c
index 9ce4028ac..02096001c 100644
--- a/daemon/remote.c
+++ b/daemon/remote.c
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ processRequests( const char *  host,
     curl = curl_easy_init( );
     curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, debug );
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBZ
-    curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_ENCODING, "deflate" );
+//    curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_ENCODING, "deflate" );
 #endif
     curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT,
                       MY_NAME "/" LONG_VERSION_STRING );