diff --git a/misc-scripts/db/dump_mysql.pl b/misc-scripts/db/dump_mysql.pl
index 26fbe2266c4cc1d8f34b4ac30f8c37a3aac2b59d..8548016b3a143a6b0455a8322b60986257a4610d 100755
--- a/misc-scripts/db/dump_mysql.pl
+++ b/misc-scripts/db/dump_mysql.pl
@@ -258,8 +258,7 @@ sub process {
     $writer->(grep { !$self->is_view($_) } @tables);
     $writer->(grep { $self->is_view($_) } @tables);
     $fh->close();
-    $self->compress($sql_file);
-
+    
     #Checksum the DB's files
     $self->checksum();
 
@@ -331,8 +330,6 @@ sub checksum {
   }
   $fh->close();
 
-  $self->compress($checksum);
-
   return;
 }