diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
index 87d1a07..d6cc0e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           go build -v -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w -X ${SRC_PATH}/system.Version=dev-${GIT_COMMIT:0:7}" -o build/wings_${GOOS}_${GOARCH} wings.go
           go build -v -trimpath -ldflags="-X ${SRC_PATH}/system.Version=dev-${GIT_COMMIT:0:7}" -o build/wings_${GOOS}_${GOARCH}_debug wings.go
-          upx build/wings_${GOOS}_${{ matrix.goarch }}
           chmod +x build/*
       - name: Tests
         run: go test -race ./...
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 40fa1f9..91d2798 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ jobs:
         run: go test ./...
       - name: Compress binary and make it executable
         run: |
-          upx build/wings_linux_amd64 && chmod +x build/wings_linux_amd64
-          upx build/wings_linux_arm64 && chmod +x build/wings_linux_arm64
+          chmod +x build/wings_linux_amd64
+          chmod +x build/wings_linux_arm64
       - name: Extract changelog
         env:
           REF: ${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b524322..b3d5fe5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ rmdebug:
 	go build -gcflags "all=-N -l" -ldflags="-X github.com/pterodactyl/wings/system.Version=$(GIT_HEAD)" -race
 	sudo dlv --listen=:2345 --headless=true --api-version=2 --accept-multiclient exec ./wings -- --debug --ignore-certificate-errors --config config.yml
 
-compress:
-	upx --brute build/wings_*
-
 cross-build: clean build compress
 
 clean: