diff --git a/target/linux/brcm2708/image/Makefile b/target/linux/brcm2708/image/Makefile
index d0222df0652b7d155a5de5ccc095eaeec5691a09..a7993de468f936cb81ec71e11d5a76406ccfa137 100644
--- a/target/linux/brcm2708/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/brcm2708/image/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ endef
 define Build/sdcard-img
 	./gen_rpi_sdcard_img.sh $@ $@.boot $(IMAGE_ROOTFS) \
 		$(CONFIG_BRCM2708_SD_BOOT_PARTSIZE) $(CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_PARTSIZE)
-	$(if $(CONFIG_TARGET_IMAGES_GZIP),gzip -9n -c $@ > $(BIN_DIR)/$(notdir $@).gz)
 endef
 
 ### Devices ###