diff --git a/projects/common/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/computer/terminal/TerminalState.java b/projects/common/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/computer/terminal/TerminalState.java
index ae9b3237c..19a554850 100644
--- a/projects/common/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/computer/terminal/TerminalState.java
+++ b/projects/common/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/computer/terminal/TerminalState.java
@@ -5,18 +5,10 @@
 package dan200.computercraft.shared.computer.terminal;
 
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
-import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufInputStream;
-import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufOutputStream;
 import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import net.minecraft.network.FriendlyByteBuf;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
-import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
-import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;
 
 /**
  * A snapshot of a terminal's state.
@@ -31,20 +23,10 @@ public class TerminalState {
     public final int width;
     public final int height;
 
-    private final boolean compress;
-
     @Nullable
     private final ByteBuf buffer;
 
-    private @Nullable ByteBuf compressed;
-
     public TerminalState(@Nullable NetworkedTerminal terminal) {
-        this(terminal, true);
-    }
-
-    public TerminalState(@Nullable NetworkedTerminal terminal, boolean compress) {
-        this.compress = compress;
-
         if (terminal == null) {
             colour = false;
             width = height = 0;
@@ -61,14 +43,13 @@ public class TerminalState {
 
     public TerminalState(FriendlyByteBuf buf) {
         colour = buf.readBoolean();
-        compress = buf.readBoolean();
 
         if (buf.readBoolean()) {
             width = buf.readVarInt();
             height = buf.readVarInt();
 
             var length = buf.readVarInt();
-            buffer = readCompressed(buf, length, compress);
+            buffer = buf.readBytes(length);
         } else {
             width = height = 0;
             buffer = null;
@@ -77,16 +58,13 @@ public class TerminalState {
 
     public void write(FriendlyByteBuf buf) {
         buf.writeBoolean(colour);
-        buf.writeBoolean(compress);
 
         buf.writeBoolean(buffer != null);
         if (buffer != null) {
             buf.writeVarInt(width);
             buf.writeVarInt(height);
-
-            var sendBuffer = getCompressed();
-            buf.writeVarInt(sendBuffer.readableBytes());
-            buf.writeBytes(sendBuffer, sendBuffer.readerIndex(), sendBuffer.readableBytes());
+            buf.writeVarInt(buffer.readableBytes());
+            buf.writeBytes(buffer, buffer.readerIndex(), buffer.readableBytes());
         }
     }
 
@@ -110,40 +88,4 @@ public class TerminalState {
         terminal.read(new FriendlyByteBuf(buffer));
         return terminal;
     }
-
-    private ByteBuf getCompressed() {
-        if (buffer == null) throw new NullPointerException("buffer");
-        if (!compress) return buffer;
-        if (compressed != null) return compressed;
-
-        var compressed = Unpooled.buffer();
-        try (OutputStream stream = new GZIPOutputStream(new ByteBufOutputStream(compressed))) {
-            stream.write(buffer.array(), buffer.arrayOffset(), buffer.readableBytes());
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
-        }
-
-        return this.compressed = compressed;
-    }
-
-    private static ByteBuf readCompressed(ByteBuf buf, int length, boolean compress) {
-        if (compress) {
-            var buffer = Unpooled.buffer();
-            try (InputStream stream = new GZIPInputStream(new ByteBufInputStream(buf, length))) {
-                var swap = new byte[8192];
-                while (true) {
-                    var bytes = stream.read(swap);
-                    if (bytes == -1) break;
-                    buffer.writeBytes(swap, 0, bytes);
-                }
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
-            }
-            return buffer;
-        } else {
-            var buffer = Unpooled.buffer(length);
-            buf.readBytes(buffer, length);
-            return buffer;
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/projects/common/src/test/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/computer/terminal/TerminalStateTest.java b/projects/common/src/test/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/computer/terminal/TerminalStateTest.java
index 5dbcb75ed..dceb64e7f 100644
--- a/projects/common/src/test/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/computer/terminal/TerminalStateTest.java
+++ b/projects/common/src/test/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/computer/terminal/TerminalStateTest.java
@@ -18,22 +18,11 @@ import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
  */
 public class TerminalStateTest {
     @RepeatedTest(5)
-    public void testCompressed() {
+    public void testRoundTrip() {
         var terminal = randomTerminal();
 
         var buffer = new FriendlyByteBuf(Unpooled.directBuffer());
-        new TerminalState(terminal, true).write(buffer);
-
-        checkEqual(terminal, read(buffer));
-        assertEquals(0, buffer.readableBytes());
-    }
-
-    @RepeatedTest(5)
-    public void testUncompressed() {
-        var terminal = randomTerminal();
-
-        var buffer = new FriendlyByteBuf(Unpooled.directBuffer());
-        new TerminalState(terminal, false).write(buffer);
+        new TerminalState(terminal).write(buffer);
 
         checkEqual(terminal, read(buffer));
         assertEquals(0, buffer.readableBytes());