diff --git a/doc/man/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/man/CMakeLists.txt
index 65024b3..c3e3211 100644
--- a/doc/man/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/man/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,14 +14,13 @@ if(VSIM)
 endif(VSIM)
 
 foreach(MANUAL IN LISTS MANUALS)
-    set(MANPAGE_OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${MANUAL}.1.gz)
+    set(MANPAGE_OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${MANUAL}.1)
     set(MANPAGE_SOURCE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${MANUAL}.rst)
     add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${MANPAGE_OUTPUT}
-        COMMAND ${RST2MAN} ${RST2MAN_OPTS} ${MANPAGE_SOURCE} | gzip > ${MANPAGE_OUTPUT}
+        COMMAND ${RST2MAN} ${RST2MAN_OPTS} ${MANPAGE_SOURCE} ${MANPAGE_OUTPUT}
         DEPENDS ${MANPAGE_SOURCE}
-        BYPRODUCTS ${MANPAGE_OUTPUT}
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-        COMMENT "Converting ${MANUAL}.rst from ReStructuredText into manpage ${MANUAL}.1.gz"
+        COMMENT "Converting ${MANUAL}.rst from ReStructuredText into manpage ${MANUAL}.1"
         VERBATIM
     )
     list(APPEND MANPAGES_LIST ${MANPAGE_OUTPUT})