diff --git a/core/assets/scaffold/files/htaccess b/core/assets/scaffold/files/htaccess
index 7e38f73369..eaeeb9de35 100644
--- a/core/assets/scaffold/files/htaccess
+++ b/core/assets/scaffold/files/htaccess
@@ -145,32 +145,6 @@ AddEncoding gzip svgz
   # Specifically, disallow autoload.php from being served directly.
   RewriteRule "^(.+/.*|autoload)\.php($|/)" - [F]
 
-  # Rules to correctly serve gzip compressed CSS and JS files.
-  # Requires both mod_rewrite and mod_headers to be enabled.
-  <IfModule mod_headers.c>
-    # Serve gzip compressed CSS files if they exist and the client accepts gzip.
-    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-encoding} gzip
-    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.gz -s
-    RewriteRule ^(.*)\.css $1\.css\.gz [QSA]
-
-    # Serve gzip compressed JS files if they exist and the client accepts gzip.
-    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-encoding} gzip
-    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.gz -s
-    RewriteRule ^(.*)\.js $1\.js\.gz [QSA]
-
-    # Serve correct content types, and prevent double compression.
-    RewriteRule \.css\.gz$ - [T=text/css,E=no-gzip:1,E=no-brotli:1]
-    RewriteRule \.js\.gz$ - [T=text/javascript,E=no-gzip:1,E=no-brotli:1]
-
-    <FilesMatch "(\.js\.gz|\.css\.gz)$">
-      # Serve correct encoding type.
-      Header set Content-Encoding gzip
-      # Force proxies to cache gzipped & non-gzipped css/js files separately.
-      Header append Vary Accept-Encoding
-    </FilesMatch>
-  </IfModule>
-</IfModule>
-
 # Various header fixes.
 <IfModule mod_headers.c>
   # Disable content sniffing, since it's an attack vector.
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/src/Kernel/Migrate/d7/MigrateSystemConfigurationTest.php b/core/modules/system/tests/src/Kernel/Migrate/d7/MigrateSystemConfigurationTest.php
index 80a591fdd1..ddc481a5c8 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/src/Kernel/Migrate/d7/MigrateSystemConfigurationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/src/Kernel/Migrate/d7/MigrateSystemConfigurationTest.php
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ class MigrateSystemConfigurationTest extends MigrateDrupal7TestBase {
       ],
       'css' => [
         'preprocess' => TRUE,
-        // gzip is not handled by the migration.
-        'gzip' => TRUE,
       ],
       // fast_404 is not handled by the migration.
       'fast_404' => [
@@ -85,8 +83,6 @@ class MigrateSystemConfigurationTest extends MigrateDrupal7TestBase {
       ],
       'js' => [
         'preprocess' => FALSE,
-        // gzip is not handled by the migration.
-        'gzip' => TRUE,
       ],
       // stale_file_threshold is not handled by the migration.
       'stale_file_threshold' => 2592000,