diff --git a/extensions/grpc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/grpc/runtime/transcoding/GrpcTranscodingResponse.java b/extensions/grpc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/grpc/runtime/transcoding/GrpcTranscodingResponse.java
index 5ce2e18d017ff9..bcf4e9bff3500a 100644
--- a/extensions/grpc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/grpc/runtime/transcoding/GrpcTranscodingResponse.java
+++ b/extensions/grpc/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/grpc/runtime/transcoding/GrpcTranscodingResponse.java
@@ -154,28 +154,6 @@ private Future<Void> writeMessage(GrpcMessage message, boolean end) {
             throw new IllegalStateException();
         }
 
-        if (encoding != null && message != null && !encoding.equals(message.encoding())) {
-            switch (encoding) {
-                case "gzip":
-                    message = GrpcMessageEncoder.GZIP.encode(message.payload());
-                    break;
-                case "identity":
-                    if (!message.encoding().equals("identity")) {
-                        if (!message.encoding().equals("gzip")) {
-                            return Future.failedFuture("Encoding " + message.encoding() + " is not supported");
-                        }
-                        Buffer decoded;
-                        try {
-                            decoded = GrpcMessageDecoder.GZIP.decode(message);
-                        } catch (CodecException e) {
-                            return Future.failedFuture(e);
-                        }
-                        message = GrpcMessage.message("identity", decoded);
-                    }
-                    break;
-            }
-        }
-
         boolean trailersOnly = status != GrpcStatus.OK && !headersSent && end;
 
         MultiMap responseHeaders = httpResponse.headers();
@@ -187,8 +165,6 @@ private Future<Void> writeMessage(GrpcMessage message, boolean end) {
                 }
             }
             responseHeaders.set("content-type", "application/json");
-            responseHeaders.set("grpc-encoding", encoding);
-            responseHeaders.set("grpc-accept-encoding", "gzip");
         }
 
         if (end) {