diff --git a/node/utils/Minify.js b/node/utils/Minify.js
index 98774d195..d9623d7e5 100644
--- a/node/utils/Minify.js
+++ b/node/utils/Minify.js
@@ -326,7 +326,6 @@ function compressJS(values)
   var complete = values.join("\n");
   var ast = jsp.parse(complete); // parse code and get the initial AST
   ast = pro.ast_mangle(ast); // get a new AST with mangled names
-  ast = pro.ast_squeeze(ast); // get an AST with compression optimizations
   return pro.gen_code(ast); // compressed code here
 }