diff --git a/umap/tests/test_datalayer_views.py b/umap/tests/test_datalayer_views.py
index ef00b822..e4c71324 100644
--- a/umap/tests/test_datalayer_views.py
+++ b/umap/tests/test_datalayer_views.py
@@ -85,14 +85,6 @@ def test_should_not_be_possible_to_delete_with_wrong_map_id_in_url(client, datal
     assert DataLayer.objects.filter(pk=datalayer.pk).exists()
 
 
-def test_get_gzipped(client, datalayer, settings):
-    url = reverse('datalayer_view', args=(datalayer.pk, ))
-    response = client.get(url, HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING='gzip')
-    assert response['Last-Modified'] is not None
-    assert response['Cache-Control'] is not None
-    assert response['Content-Encoding'] == 'gzip'
-
-
 def test_optimistic_concurrency_control_with_good_last_modified(client, datalayer, map, post_data):  # noqa
     # Get Last-Modified
     url = reverse('datalayer_view', args=(datalayer.pk, ))
diff --git a/umap/views.py b/umap/views.py
index 1f9cdcac..8736c1dd 100644
--- a/umap/views.py
+++ b/umap/views.py
@@ -720,16 +720,13 @@ class DataLayerView(GZipMixin, BaseDetailView):
             response[settings.UMAP_XSENDFILE_HEADER] = path
         else:
             # Do not use in production
-            # (no cache-control/If-Modified-Since/If-None-Match)
+            # (no gzip/cache-control/If-Modified-Since/If-None-Match)
             statobj = os.stat(path)
             with open(path, "rb") as f:
                 # Should not be used in production!
                 response = HttpResponse(f.read(), content_type="application/geo+json")
             response["Last-Modified"] = self.last_modified
             response["Content-Length"] = statobj.st_size
-            response["Vary"] = "Accept-Encoding"
-            if accepts_gzip and settings.UMAP_GZIP:
-                response["Content-Encoding"] = "gzip"
         return response