diff --git a/weed/util/compression.go b/weed/util/compression.go
index 8158b9ba5..8699a8117 100644
--- a/weed/util/compression.go
+++ b/weed/util/compression.go
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ package util
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"compress/flate"
+	"compress/gzip"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
@@ -39,21 +42,17 @@ func MaybeDecompressData(input []byte) []byte {
 }
 
 func GzipData(input []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	w := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	_, err := GzipStream(w, bytes.NewReader(input))
-	if err != nil {
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	w, _ := gzip.NewWriterLevel(buf, flate.BestSpeed)
+	if _, err := w.Write(input); err != nil {
+		glog.V(2).Infof("error gzip data: %v", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return w.Bytes(), nil
-}
-
-func ungzipData(input []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	w := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	_, err := GunzipStream(w, bytes.NewReader(input))
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := w.Close(); err != nil {
+		glog.V(2).Infof("error closing gzipped data: %v", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return w.Bytes(), nil
+	return buf.Bytes(), nil
 }
 
 func DecompressData(input []byte) ([]byte, error) {
@@ -68,6 +67,17 @@ func DecompressData(input []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	return input, UnsupportedCompression
 }
 
+func ungzipData(input []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(input)
+	r, _ := gzip.NewReader(buf)
+	defer r.Close()
+	output, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.V(2).Infof("error ungzip data: %v", err)
+	}
+	return output, err
+}
+
 func IsGzippedContent(data []byte) bool {
 	if len(data) < 2 {
 		return false
diff --git a/weed/util/compression_stream.go b/weed/util/compression_stream.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 390100c80..000000000
--- a/weed/util/compression_stream.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-package util
-
-import (
-	"compress/gzip"
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"sync"
-)
-
-var (
-	gzipReaderPool = sync.Pool{
-		New: func() interface{} {
-			return new(gzip.Reader)
-			//return gzip.NewReader()
-		},
-	}
-
-	gzipWriterPool = sync.Pool{
-		New: func() interface{} {
-			w, _ := gzip.NewWriterLevel(nil, gzip.BestSpeed)
-			return w
-		},
-	}
-)
-
-func GzipStream(w io.Writer, r io.Reader) (int64, error) {
-	gw, ok := gzipWriterPool.Get().(*gzip.Writer)
-	if !ok {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("gzip: new writer error")
-	}
-	gw.Reset(w)
-	defer func() {
-		gw.Close()
-		gzipWriterPool.Put(gw)
-	}()
-	return io.Copy(gw, r)
-}
-
-func GunzipStream(w io.Writer, r io.Reader) (int64, error) {
-	gr, ok := gzipReaderPool.Get().(*gzip.Reader)
-	if !ok {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("gzip: new reader error")
-	}
-
-	if err := gr.Reset(r); err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-	defer func() {
-		gr.Close()
-		gzipReaderPool.Put(gr)
-	}()
-	return io.Copy(w, gr)
-}