diff --git a/src/ckpool.c b/src/ckpool.c
index e7b698ea..2f49936a 100644
--- a/src/ckpool.c
+++ b/src/ckpool.c
@@ -739,13 +739,12 @@ int write_cs(connsock_t *cs, const char *buf, int len)
 		ret = write_socket(cs->fd, buf, len);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	compsize = round_up_page(len + 12);
-	dest = ckalloc(compsize);
-	compsize -= 12;
+	dest = ckalloc(len + 12);
 	/* Do compression here */
+	compsize = len;
 	ret = compress((Bytef *)dest + 12, &compsize, (Bytef *)buf, len);
 	if (ret != Z_OK) {
-		LOGWARNING("Failed to gz compress in write_cs, writing uncompressed");
+		LOGINFO("Failed to gz compress in write_cs, writing uncompressed");
 		ret = write_socket(cs->fd, buf, len);
 		goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/src/connector.c b/src/connector.c
index cb1d240d..dd173478 100644
--- a/src/connector.c
+++ b/src/connector.c
@@ -1003,29 +1003,27 @@ static void send_client(cdata_t *cdata, const int64_t id, char *buf)
 
 	/* Does this client accept compressed data? Only compress if it's
 	 * larger than one MTU. */
-	if (client->gz && len > 1492) {
-		unsigned long compsize;
+	if (client->gz) {
+		unsigned long compsize, decompsize = len;
+		char *dest = ckalloc(len + 12);
 		uint32_t msglen;
-		char *dest;
 		int ret;
 
-		compsize = round_up_page(len + 12);
-		dest = ckalloc(compsize);
-		compsize -= 12;
+		compsize = len;
 		ret = compress((Bytef *)dest + 12, &compsize, (Bytef *)buf, len);
 		if (unlikely(ret != Z_OK)) {
-			LOGWARNING("Failed to gz compress in send_client, got %d sending uncompressed", ret);
+			LOGINFO("Failed to gz compress in send_client, got %d sending uncompressed", ret);
 			free(dest);
 			goto out;
 		}
-		LOGDEBUG("Sending client message compressed %lu from %d", compsize, len);
+		LOGDEBUG("Sending client message compressed %lu from %lu", compsize, decompsize);
 		/* Copy gz magic header */
 		sprintf(dest, gzip_magic);
 		/* Copy compressed message length */
 		msglen = htole32(compsize);
 		memcpy(dest + 4, &msglen, 4);
 		/* Copy decompressed message length */
-		msglen = htole32(len);
+		msglen = htole32(decompsize);
 		memcpy(dest + 8, &msglen, 4);
 		len = compsize + 12;
 		free(buf);
diff --git a/src/libckpool.c b/src/libckpool.c
index 2e78d330..a0557a71 100644
--- a/src/libckpool.c
+++ b/src/libckpool.c
@@ -1389,18 +1389,6 @@ void *_ckzalloc(size_t len, const char *file, const char *func, const int line)
 	return ptr;
 }
 
-/* Round up to the nearest page size for efficient malloc */
-size_t round_up_page(size_t len)
-{
-	int rem = len % PAGESIZE;
-
-	if (rem)
-		len += PAGESIZE - rem;
-	return len;
-}
-
-
-
 /* Adequate size s==len*2 + 1 must be alloced to use this variant */
 void __bin2hex(void *vs, const void *vp, size_t len)
 {
diff --git a/src/libckpool.h b/src/libckpool.h
index 10c18248..9d8ba341 100644
--- a/src/libckpool.h
+++ b/src/libckpool.h
@@ -531,8 +531,6 @@ void trail_slash(char **buf);
 void *_ckalloc(size_t len, const char *file, const char *func, const int line);
 void *json_ckalloc(size_t size);
 void *_ckzalloc(size_t len, const char *file, const char *func, const int line);
-size_t round_up_page(size_t len);
-
 extern const int hex2bin_tbl[];
 void __bin2hex(void *vs, const void *vp, size_t len);
 void *bin2hex(const void *vp, size_t len);