diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libressl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libressl/default.nix
index 1ad63db733d..2462fab6c48 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libressl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libressl/default.nix
@@ -71,11 +71,9 @@ let
       moveToOutput "bin/nc" "$nc"
       moveToOutput "bin/openssl" "$bin"
       moveToOutput "bin/ocspcheck" "$bin"
-      moveToOutput "share/man/man1/nc.1${lib.optionalString (dontGzipMan==null) ".gz"}" "$nc"
+      moveToOutput "share/man/man1/nc.1.gz" "$nc"
     '';
 
-    dontGzipMan = if stdenv.isDarwin then true else null; # not sure what's wrong
-
     meta = with lib; {
       description = "Free TLS/SSL implementation";
       homepage    = "https://www.libressl.org";