diff --git a/libtiff.spec b/libtiff.spec
index d234cd6..2344bf9 100644
--- a/libtiff.spec
+++ b/libtiff.spec
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/doc/
 
 # no libGL dependency, please
 rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/tiffgt
-rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man1/tiffgt.1.gz
+rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man1/tiffgt.1
 
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT