diff --git admin_menu.module admin_menu.module
index ff48e64..2315ae7 100644
--- admin_menu.module
+++ admin_menu.module
@@ -420,6 +420,8 @@ function admin_menu_js_cache($hash = NULL) {
   // Get the rendered menu.
   $content = admin_menu_output();
 
+  /* There is something broken about all this.
+   * See http://drupal.org/node/1060352
   // @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.
@@ -445,6 +447,8 @@ function admin_menu_js_cache($hash = NULL) {
       $content = gzencode($content, 9, FORCE_GZIP);
     }
   }
+  ** End brokenness.
+  */
 
   $expires = time() + (3600 * 24 * 365);
   header('Expires: ' . gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s', $expires) . ' GMT');