diff --git a/docs/config/settings.md b/docs/config/settings.md
index f9995078..9875c960 100644
--- a/docs/config/settings.md
+++ b/docs/config/settings.md
@@ -24,21 +24,6 @@ The hosts that uMap expects.
 
 Can be set through env var too: `ALLOWED_HOSTS=umap.mydomain.org,u.mydomain.org`
 
-#### COMPRESS_ENABLED
-#### COMPRESS_STORAGE
-
-To activate the compression of the static files, you can set this flag to `True`.
-
-You can then run the following command to compress the assets:
-
-```bash
-umap compress
-```
-
-Optionally add `COMPRESS_STORAGE = "compressor.storage.GzipCompressorFileStorage"`
-and add `gzip_static on` directive to Nginx `/static` location, so Nginx will
-serve pregenerated files instead of compressing them on the fly.
-
 #### DEBUG
 
 Set it to `True` for easier debugging in case of error.
diff --git a/docs/install.md b/docs/install.md
index 77e36a27..8ffc20c6 100644
--- a/docs/install.md
+++ b/docs/install.md
@@ -143,9 +143,8 @@ Here are the commands you'll need to run to create the tables, collect the stati
 # Create the database tables
 umap migrate
 
-# Collect and compress static files
+# Collect static files
 umap collectstatic
-umap compress
 
 # Create a super user
 umap createsuperuser
@@ -167,5 +166,4 @@ Usually, for upgrading, you need those steps:
 pip install umap-project --upgrade
 umap migrate
 umap collectstatic
-umap compress
 ```