diff --git a/Makefile.inc1 b/Makefile.inc1
index acc3822df3da..167940449323 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc1
+++ b/Makefile.inc1
@@ -1366,8 +1366,7 @@ _kerberos5_bootstrap_tools= \
 .if ${MK_MANDOCDB} != "no"
 _libohash?=	lib/libohash
 _makewhatis=	lib/libsqlite3 \
-		usr.bin/mandoc \
-		usr.bin/gzip
+		usr.bin/mandoc
 ${_bt}-usr.bin/mandoc: ${_bt}-lib/libohash ${_bt}-lib/libsqlite3
 .else
 _makewhatis=usr.bin/makewhatis