diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/jnbt/NBTOutputStream.java b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/jnbt/NBTOutputStream.java
index 7c440ef31..d9a56f666 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/jnbt/NBTOutputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/jnbt/NBTOutputStream.java
@@ -24,21 +24,6 @@ import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;
-import com.sk89q.jnbt.ByteArrayTag;
-import com.sk89q.jnbt.ByteTag;
-import com.sk89q.jnbt.CompoundTag;
-import com.sk89q.jnbt.DoubleTag;
-import com.sk89q.jnbt.EndTag;
-import com.sk89q.jnbt.FloatTag;
-import com.sk89q.jnbt.IntTag;
-import com.sk89q.jnbt.ListTag;
-import com.sk89q.jnbt.LongTag;
-import com.sk89q.jnbt.NBTConstants;
-import com.sk89q.jnbt.NBTUtils;
-import com.sk89q.jnbt.ShortTag;
-import com.sk89q.jnbt.StringTag;
-import com.sk89q.jnbt.Tag;
 
 /**
  * <p>
@@ -72,7 +57,7 @@ public final class NBTOutputStream implements Closeable {
      *             if an I/O error occurs.
      */
     public NBTOutputStream(OutputStream os) throws IOException {
-        this.os = new DataOutputStream(new GZIPOutputStream(os));
+        this.os = new DataOutputStream(os);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/schematic/MCEditSchematicFormat.java b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/schematic/MCEditSchematicFormat.java
index 77f0c7036..b3315b865 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/schematic/MCEditSchematicFormat.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/schematic/MCEditSchematicFormat.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
+import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;
 
 /**
  * @author zml2008
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ public class MCEditSchematicFormat extends SchematicFormat {
 
         // Build and output
         CompoundTag schematicTag = new CompoundTag("Schematic", schematic);
-        NBTOutputStream stream = new NBTOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(file));
+        NBTOutputStream stream = new NBTOutputStream(new GZIPOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(file)));
         stream.writeTag(schematicTag);
         stream.close();
     }