diff --git a/rpc/gzip.go b/rpc/gzip.go
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index 4b1f838192..0000000000
--- a/rpc/gzip.go
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@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2019 The go-ethereum Authors
-// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
-//
-// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
-// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-package rpc
-
-//var gzPool = sync.Pool{
-//	New: func() interface{} {
-//		w := gzip.NewWriter(ioutil.Discard)
-//		return w
-//	},
-//}
-//
-//type gzipResponseWriter struct {
-//	io.Writer
-//	http.ResponseWriter
-//}
-//
-//func (w *gzipResponseWriter) WriteHeader(status int) {
-//	w.Header().Del("Content-Length")
-//	w.ResponseWriter.WriteHeader(status)
-//}
-//
-//func (w *gzipResponseWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
-//	return w.Writer.Write(b)
-//}
-//
-//func newGzipHandler(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
-//	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-//		if !strings.Contains(r.Header.Get("Accept-Encoding"), "gzip") {
-//			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
-//			return
-//		}
-//
-//		w.Header().Set("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
-//
-//		gz := gzPool.Get().(*gzip.Writer)
-//		defer gzPool.Put(gz)
-//
-//		gz.Reset(w)
-//		defer gz.Close()
-//
-//		next.ServeHTTP(&gzipResponseWriter{ResponseWriter: w, Writer: gz}, r)
-//	})
-//}