diff --git a/daemon/remote.c b/daemon/remote.c
index a54d76688..26c185266 100644
--- a/daemon/remote.c
+++ b/daemon/remote.c
@@ -1408,9 +1408,7 @@ tr_curl_easy_init( struct evbuffer * writebuf )
     curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_ANY );
     curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 60L );
     curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, debug );
-#ifdef HAVE_ZLIB
-    curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_ENCODING, "deflate" );
-#endif
+    curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_ENCODING, "" ); /* "" tells curl to fill in the blanks with what it was compiled to support */
     if( netrc )
         curl_easy_setopt( curl, CURLOPT_NETRC_FILE, netrc );
     if( auth )