diff --git a/plugins/GCodeGzReader/GCodeGzReader.py b/plugins/GCodeGzReader/GCodeGzReader.py
index 8dc28a015f..a528b494e9 100644
--- a/plugins/GCodeGzReader/GCodeGzReader.py
+++ b/plugins/GCodeGzReader/GCodeGzReader.py
@@ -7,20 +7,6 @@ from UM.Mesh.MeshReader import MeshReader #The class we're extending/implementin
 from UM.MimeTypeDatabase import MimeTypeDatabase, MimeType #To add the .gcode.gz files to the MIME type database.
 from UM.PluginRegistry import PluginRegistry
 
-import contextlib
-import resource
-
-
-@contextlib.contextmanager
-def limit(limit, type=resource.RLIMIT_AS):
-    soft_limit, hard_limit = resource.getrlimit(type)
-    resource.setrlimit(type, (limit, hard_limit)) # set soft limit
-    try:
-        yield
-    finally:
-        resource.setrlimit(type, (soft_limit, hard_limit)) # restore
-
-
 ##  A file reader that reads gzipped g-code.
 #
 #   If you're zipping g-code, you might as well use gzip!
@@ -39,9 +25,7 @@ class GCodeGzReader(MeshReader):
     def _read(self, file_name):
         with open(file_name, "rb") as file:
             file_data = file.read()
-
-        with limit(1 << 30):  # Prevent a gzip bomb (by setting the max size to 1 gig)
-            uncompressed_gcode = gzip.decompress(file_data).decode("utf-8")
+        uncompressed_gcode = gzip.decompress(file_data).decode("utf-8")
         PluginRegistry.getInstance().getPluginObject("GCodeReader").preReadFromStream(uncompressed_gcode)
         result = PluginRegistry.getInstance().getPluginObject("GCodeReader").readFromStream(uncompressed_gcode, file_name)