diff --git a/gunicorn/http/message.py b/gunicorn/http/message.py
index 59ce0bf4b..6c9c4b01c 100644
--- a/gunicorn/http/message.py
+++ b/gunicorn/http/message.py
@@ -190,11 +190,6 @@ def set_body_reader(self):
                         # safe option: nuke it, its never needed
                         if chunked:
                             raise InvalidHeader("TRANSFER-ENCODING", req=self)
-                    elif val.lower() in ('compress', 'deflate', 'gzip'):
-                        # chunked should be the last one
-                        if chunked:
-                            raise InvalidHeader("TRANSFER-ENCODING", req=self)
-                        self.force_close()
                     else:
                         raise UnsupportedTransferCoding(value)
 
diff --git a/tests/requests/invalid/chunked_06.http b/tests/requests/invalid/chunked_06.http
index ef70faab9..8d4aaa6e9 100644
--- a/tests/requests/invalid/chunked_06.http
+++ b/tests/requests/invalid/chunked_06.http
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 POST /chunked_not_last HTTP/1.1\r\n
 Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n
-Transfer-Encoding: gzip\r\n
+Transfer-Encoding: identity\r\n
 \r\n
 5\r\n
 hello\r\n
diff --git a/tests/requests/valid/025.http b/tests/requests/valid/025.http
index e1cc2b580..fbd573a9d 100644
--- a/tests/requests/valid/025.http
+++ b/tests/requests/valid/025.http
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 POST /chunked HTTP/1.1\r\n
-Transfer-Encoding: gzip\r\n
+Transfer-Encoding: identity\r\n
 Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n
 \r\n
 5\r\n
diff --git a/tests/requests/valid/025.py b/tests/requests/valid/025.py
index d23870680..eb97b6301 100644
--- a/tests/requests/valid/025.py
+++ b/tests/requests/valid/025.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "uri": uri("/chunked"),
     "version": (1, 1),
     "headers": [
-        ('TRANSFER-ENCODING', 'gzip'),
+        ('TRANSFER-ENCODING', 'identity'),
         ('TRANSFER-ENCODING', 'chunked')
     ],
     "body": b"hello world"
diff --git a/tests/requests/valid/025_line.http b/tests/requests/valid/025_line.http
index bde502671..b91863e3d 100644
--- a/tests/requests/valid/025_line.http
+++ b/tests/requests/valid/025_line.http
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 POST /chunked HTTP/1.1\r\n
-Transfer-Encoding: gzip,chunked\r\n
+Transfer-Encoding: identity,chunked\r\n
 \r\n
 5\r\n
 hello\r\n
diff --git a/tests/requests/valid/025_line.py b/tests/requests/valid/025_line.py
index b2ebc652e..e7e9ad92c 100644
--- a/tests/requests/valid/025_line.py
+++ b/tests/requests/valid/025_line.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "uri": uri("/chunked"),
     "version": (1, 1),
     "headers": [
-        ('TRANSFER-ENCODING', 'gzip,chunked')
+        ('TRANSFER-ENCODING', 'identity,chunked')
 
     ],
     "body": b"hello world"