diff --git a/cmd/tsconnect/build-pkg.go b/cmd/tsconnect/build-pkg.go
index 53aacc02e..29d69e55a 100644
--- a/cmd/tsconnect/build-pkg.go
+++ b/cmd/tsconnect/build-pkg.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"path"
 
 	"github.com/tailscale/hujson"
-	"tailscale.com/util/precompress"
 	"tailscale.com/version"
 )
 
@@ -39,10 +38,6 @@ func runBuildPkg() {
 
 	runEsbuild(*buildOptions)
 
-	if err := precompressWasm(); err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Could not pre-recompress wasm: %v", err)
-	}
-
 	log.Printf("Generating types...\n")
 	if err := runYarn("pkg-types"); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Type generation failed: %v", err)
@@ -59,13 +54,6 @@ func runBuildPkg() {
 	log.Printf("Built package version %s", version.Long())
 }
 
-func precompressWasm() error {
-	log.Printf("Pre-compressing main.wasm...\n")
-	return precompress.Precompress(path.Join(*pkgDir, "main.wasm"), precompress.Options{
-		FastCompression: *fastCompression,
-	})
-}
-
 func updateVersion() error {
 	packageJSONBytes, err := os.ReadFile("package.json.tmpl")
 	if err != nil {