diff -ruN dpkg-1.17.6.orig/scripts/Dpkg/Compression.pm dpkg-1.17.6/scripts/Dpkg/Compression.pm
--- dpkg-1.17.6.orig/scripts/Dpkg/Compression.pm	2014-01-15 09:02:16.000000000 -0500
+++ dpkg-1.17.6/scripts/Dpkg/Compression.pm	2014-01-19 23:22:39.771215424 -0500
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 my $COMP = {
     gzip => {
 	file_ext => 'gz',
-	comp_prog => [ 'gzip', '--no-name', '--rsyncable' ],
+	comp_prog => [ 'gzip', '--no-name' ],
 	decomp_prog => [ 'gunzip' ],
 	default_level => 9,
     },