diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 56213ef8..e7341bc0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -244,14 +244,6 @@ if (USE_ZLIB)
   target_compile_definitions(ixwebsocket PUBLIC IXWEBSOCKET_USE_ZLIB)
 endif()
 
-# brew install libdeflate
-find_package(Deflate)
-if (DEFLATE_FOUND)
-  include_directories(${DEFLATE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-  target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket PRIVATE ${DEFLATE_LIBRARIES})
-  target_compile_definitions(ixwebsocket PUBLIC IXWEBSOCKET_USE_DEFLATE)
-endif()
-
 if (WIN32)
   target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket PRIVATE wsock32 ws2_32 shlwapi)
   target_compile_definitions(ixwebsocket PRIVATE _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXGzipCodec.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXGzipCodec.cpp
index fe59bd65..4ed8a55a 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXGzipCodec.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXGzipCodec.cpp
@@ -14,53 +14,12 @@
 #include <zlib.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef IXWEBSOCKET_USE_DEFLATE
-#include <libdeflate.h>
-#endif
-
 namespace ix
 {
     std::string gzipCompress(const std::string& str)
     {
 #ifndef IXWEBSOCKET_USE_ZLIB
         return std::string();
-#else
-#ifdef IXWEBSOCKET_USE_DEFLATE
-        int compressionLevel = 6;
-        struct libdeflate_compressor* compressor;
-
-        compressor = libdeflate_alloc_compressor(compressionLevel);
-
-        const void* uncompressed_data = str.data();
-        size_t uncompressed_size = str.size();
-        void* compressed_data;
-        size_t actual_compressed_size;
-        size_t max_compressed_size;
-
-        max_compressed_size = libdeflate_gzip_compress_bound(compressor, uncompressed_size);
-        compressed_data = malloc(max_compressed_size);
-
-        if (compressed_data == NULL)
-        {
-            return std::string();
-        }
-
-        actual_compressed_size = libdeflate_gzip_compress(
-            compressor, uncompressed_data, uncompressed_size, compressed_data, max_compressed_size);
-
-        libdeflate_free_compressor(compressor);
-
-        if (actual_compressed_size == 0)
-        {
-            free(compressed_data);
-            return std::string();
-        }
-
-        std::string out;
-        out.assign(reinterpret_cast<char*>(compressed_data), actual_compressed_size);
-        free(compressed_data);
-
-        return out;
 #else
         z_stream zs; // z_stream is zlib's control structure
         memset(&zs, 0, sizeof(zs));
@@ -101,7 +60,6 @@ namespace ix
         deflateEnd(&zs);
 
         return outstring;
-#endif // IXWEBSOCKET_USE_DEFLATE
 #endif // IXWEBSOCKET_USE_ZLIB
     }
 
@@ -117,26 +75,6 @@ namespace ix
     {
 #ifndef IXWEBSOCKET_USE_ZLIB
         return false;
-#else
-#ifdef IXWEBSOCKET_USE_DEFLATE
-        struct libdeflate_decompressor* decompressor;
-        decompressor = libdeflate_alloc_decompressor();
-
-        const void* compressed_data = in.data();
-        size_t compressed_size = in.size();
-
-        // Retrieve uncompressed size from the trailer of the gziped data
-        const uint8_t* ptr = reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(&in.front());
-        auto uncompressed_size = loadDecompressedGzipSize(&ptr[compressed_size - 4]);
-
-        // Use it to redimension our output buffer
-        out.resize(uncompressed_size);
-
-        libdeflate_result result = libdeflate_gzip_decompress(
-            decompressor, compressed_data, compressed_size, &out.front(), uncompressed_size, NULL);
-
-        libdeflate_free_decompressor(decompressor);
-        return result == LIBDEFLATE_SUCCESS;
 #else
         z_stream inflateState;
         memset(&inflateState, 0, sizeof(inflateState));
@@ -177,7 +115,6 @@ namespace ix
 
         inflateEnd(&inflateState);
         return true;
-#endif // IXWEBSOCKET_USE_DEFLATE
 #endif // IXWEBSOCKET_USE_ZLIB
     }
 } // namespace ix