diff --git admin_menu.module admin_menu.module
index ff48e64..8a375f0 100644
--- admin_menu.module
+++ admin_menu.module
@@ -423,7 +423,8 @@ function admin_menu_js_cache($hash = NULL) {
   // @todo According to http://www.mnot.net/blog/2006/05/11/browser_caching,
   //   IE will only cache the content when it is compressed.
   // Determine if the client accepts gzipped data.
-  if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING'])) {
+  // This is broken; see http://drupal.org/node/1060352
+  if (false && isset($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING'])) {
     if (strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING'], 'x-gzip') !== FALSE) {
       $encoding = 'x-gzip';
     }