diff --git a/src/Directory.Build.targets b/src/Directory.Build.targets
index 68bf0563f..f2ce406a1 100644
--- a/src/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/src/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -10,22 +10,4 @@
     <Message Text="Processing: $(ProjectDir)$(ProjectName).Credentials.template" Importance="high"/> 
     <TemplateFile Template="$(ProjectDir)$(ProjectName).Credentials.template" OutputFilename="$(ProjectDir)$(ProjectName).Credentials.cs" Tokens="@(Tokens)" />
   </Target>
-
-  <UsingTask TaskName="GZipTask" TaskFactory="CodeTaskFactory" AssemblyFile="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v4.0.dll">
-    <ParameterGroup>
-      <InputFile ParameterType="System.String" Required="true" />
-      <OutputFile ParameterType="System.String" Required="true" />
-    </ParameterGroup>
-    <Task>
-      <Reference Include="System.IO.Compression" />
-      <Using Namespace="System.IO.Compression" />
-      <Code Type="Fragment" Language="cs"><![CDATA[
-          Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(OutputFile));
-          var data = File.ReadAllBytes(InputFile);
-          using (var s = new FileStream(OutputFile, FileMode.Create))
-          using (var gs = new GZipStream(s, CompressionMode.Compress, false))
-              gs.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
-      ]]></Code>
-    </Task>
-  </UsingTask>
 </Project>
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