diff --git a/cached.php b/cached.php
index e94a196de..99cda6a07 100644
--- a/cached.php
+++ b/cached.php
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@ if (substr($abs, -3) == ".js" || substr($abs, -5) == ".json") {
     header("Content-Type: text/css");
 }
 
-if (function_exists("ob_gzhandler")) {
-    ob_start("ob_gzhandler");
-    readfile($abs);
-    ob_end_flush();
-} else {
-    readfile($abs);
-}
+readfile($abs);
 
 
diff --git a/include/prepend.inc b/include/prepend.inc
index 80b09bb40..a98e69701 100644
--- a/include/prepend.inc
+++ b/include/prepend.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <?php // -*- C++ -*-
+// Compress all pages, if ext/zlib is available on the mirror
+ini_set("zlib.output_compression", 1);
 
 // $Id$