diff --git a/reStream.sh b/reStream.sh
index 1731c5f..019bde7 100755
--- a/reStream.sh
+++ b/reStream.sh
@@ -189,15 +189,6 @@ esac
 
 # technical parameters
 loglevel="info"
-decompress="lz4 -d"
-
-# check if lz4 is present on the host
-if ! lz4 -V >/dev/null; then
-    echo "Your host does not have lz4."
-    echo "Please install it using the instruction in the README:"
-    echo "https://github.com/rien/reStream/#installation"
-    exit 1
-fi
 
 # check if restream binay is present on remarkable
 if ssh_cmd "[ ! -f ~/restream ] && [ ! -f /opt/bin/restream ]"; then
@@ -279,7 +270,6 @@ fi
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086,SC2090
 $receive_cmd |
-    $decompress |
     $host_passthrough |
     (
         "$output_cmd" \