diff --git a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2 b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
index b1c9882871..038cc5bec4 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
@@ -196,10 +196,9 @@ factory.addStep(MasterShellCommand(command=["mkdir", '-m', '0755', Interpolate('
 factory.addStep(DirectoryUpload(slavesrc=Interpolate('/var/lib/taskotron/artifacts/%(prop:uuid)s/'),
                                 masterdest=Interpolate('{{ public_artifacts_dir }}/%(prop:uuid)s/task_output')))
 
-{% if deployment_type in ['dev'] %}
+# gzip artifacts
 factory.addStep(MasterShellCommand(command=Interpolate('gzip {{ public_artifacts_dir }}/%(prop:uuid)s/task_output/*'),
                                    descriptionDone=['gzip artifacs dir content']))
-{% endif %}
 
 {% if deployment_type in ['local'] %}
 # copy taskotron log to master
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-master/templates/artifacts.conf.j2 b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-master/templates/artifacts.conf.j2
index 7262bc3697..8e2a1b794d 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-master/templates/artifacts.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-master/templates/artifacts.conf.j2
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ intype=application/x-gzip outtype=text/plain \
 cmd="/bin/gunzip -c -"
 
 
-{% if deployment_type == 'dev' %}
 <DirectoryMatch "^{{ public_artifacts_dir }}/all/(.+)/task_output/">
     RewriteEngine on
 
@@ -46,4 +45,3 @@ cmd="/bin/gunzip -c -"
     #SetOutputFilter INFLATE
     #ForceType text/plain
 </DirectoryMatch>
-{% endif %}