diff --git a/config/Config-images.in b/config/Config-images.in
index a62e3514aaa..7cc3225182e 100644
--- a/config/Config-images.in
+++ b/config/Config-images.in
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ menu "Target Images"
 
 	config TARGET_IMAGES_GZIP
 		bool "GZip images"
-		depends on TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT4FS || TARGET_x86 || TARGET_armsr || TARGET_malta || TARGET_loongarch64
+		depends on TARGET_x86 || TARGET_armsr || TARGET_malta || TARGET_loongarch64
 		default y
 
 	comment "Image Options"
diff --git a/include/image.mk b/include/image.mk
index 808232536f9..5b14f6b05f6 100644
--- a/include/image.mk
+++ b/include/image.mk
@@ -737,12 +737,11 @@ define Device/Build/kernel
 endef
 
 define Device/Build/image
-  GZ_SUFFIX := $(if $(filter %dtb %gz,$(2)),,$(if $(and $(findstring ext4,$(1)),$(CONFIG_TARGET_IMAGES_GZIP)),.gz))
   $$(_TARGET): $(if $(CONFIG_JSON_OVERVIEW_IMAGE_INFO), \
 	  $(BUILD_DIR)/json_info_files/$(call DEVICE_IMG_NAME,$(1),$(2)).json, \
-	  $(BIN_DIR)/$(call DEVICE_IMG_NAME,$(1),$(2))$$(GZ_SUFFIX))
+	  $(BIN_DIR)/$(call DEVICE_IMG_NAME,$(1),$(2)))
   $(eval $(call Device/Export,$(KDIR)/tmp/$(call DEVICE_IMG_NAME,$(1),$(2)),$(1)))
-  $(3)-images: $(BIN_DIR)/$(call DEVICE_IMG_NAME,$(1),$(2))$$(GZ_SUFFIX)
+  $(3)-images: $(BIN_DIR)/$(call DEVICE_IMG_NAME,$(1),$(2))
 
   ROOTFS/$(1)/$(3) := \
 	$(KDIR)/root.$(1)$$(strip \
@@ -760,13 +759,10 @@ define Device/Build/image
 
   .IGNORE: $(BIN_DIR)/$(call DEVICE_IMG_NAME,$(1),$(2))
 
-  $(BIN_DIR)/$(call DEVICE_IMG_NAME,$(1),$(2)).gz: $(KDIR)/tmp/$(call DEVICE_IMG_NAME,$(1),$(2))
-	gzip -c -9n $$^ > $$@
-
   $(BIN_DIR)/$(call DEVICE_IMG_NAME,$(1),$(2)): $(KDIR)/tmp/$(call DEVICE_IMG_NAME,$(1),$(2))
 	cp $$^ $$@
 
-  $(BUILD_DIR)/json_info_files/$(call DEVICE_IMG_NAME,$(1),$(2)).json: $(BIN_DIR)/$(call DEVICE_IMG_NAME,$(1),$(2))$$(GZ_SUFFIX)
+  $(BUILD_DIR)/json_info_files/$(call DEVICE_IMG_NAME,$(1),$(2)).json: $(BIN_DIR)/$(call DEVICE_IMG_NAME,$(1),$(2))
 	@mkdir -p $$(shell dirname $$@)
 	DEVICE_ID="$(DEVICE_NAME)" \
 	SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH) \