diff --git a/CHANGES/4434.bugfix b/CHANGES/4434.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d1b1f9cbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/4434.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Removed compression from exports (using gzip level 0). For most users of export functionality it seems to be a poor tradeoff.
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diff --git a/pulpcore/app/tasks/export.py b/pulpcore/app/tasks/export.py
index 825c7c1252..9c45f622c2 100644
--- a/pulpcore/app/tasks/export.py
+++ b/pulpcore/app/tasks/export.py
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ def pulp_export(exporter_pk, params):
         ValidationError: When path is not in the ALLOWED_EXPORT_PATHS setting,
             OR path exists and is not a directory
     """
-    DEFAULT_COMPRESSION = 1
+    DEFAULT_COMPRESSION = 0
 
     pulp_exporter = PulpExporter.objects.get(pk=exporter_pk)
     serializer = PulpExportSerializer(data=params, context={"exporter": pulp_exporter})