diff --git a/FU.pm b/FU.pm
index 4601423..ce830a6 100644
--- a/FU.pm
+++ b/FU.pm
@@ -739,7 +739,6 @@ sub _error_page($, $code, $title, $msg) {
 
 sub _finalize {
     state $haszlib = eval { require Compress::Raw::Zlib; 1 };
-    state $haszstd = eval { require Compress::Zstd; 1 };
     my $r = $FU::REQ;
 
     if ($r->{status} == 204 || $r->{status} == 304) {
@@ -749,17 +748,13 @@ sub _finalize {
         $r->{resbody} = '';
 
     } else {
-        if (($haszlib || $haszstd) && length($r->{resbody}) > 256
+        if ($haszlib && length($r->{resbody}) > 256
                 && !defined $r->{reshdr}{'content-encoding'} && FU::compress_mimes->{$r->{reshdr}{'content-type'}}) {
 
             $r->{reshdr}{'vary'} = ($r->{reshdr}{'vary'} ? $r->{reshdr}{'vary'}.', ' : '').'accept-encoding'
                 if ($r->{reshdr}{'vary'}||'') !~ /accept-encoding/i;
 
-            if ($haszstd && ($r->{hdr}{'accept-encoding'}||'') =~ /zstd/) {
-                $r->{resbody} = Compress::Zstd::compress($r->{resbody});
-                $r->{reshdr}{'content-encoding'} = 'zstd';
-
-            } elsif ($haszlib && ($r->{hdr}{'accept-encoding'}||'') =~ /gzip/) {
+            if ($haszlib && ($r->{hdr}{'accept-encoding'}||'') =~ /gzip/) {
                 # Use lower-level API because the higher-level Compress::Zlib loads a whole bunch of other modules.
                 my $z = Compress::Raw::Zlib::Deflate->new(-WindowBits => Compress::Raw::Zlib::WANT_GZIP(), -Level => 3, -AppendOutput => 1);
                 $z->deflate($r->{resbody}, my $buf);
@@ -884,9 +879,6 @@ is). There are a few additional optional dependencies:
 =item * C<libpq.so> - required for L<FU::Pg>, dynamically loaded through
 C<dlopen()>.
 
-=item * L<Compress::Zstd> - to support transparent HTTP compression through
-Zstandard.
-
 =back