diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f49c4cf..3bd2362 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# grunt-contrib-compress v0.7.0 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-compress.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-compress)
+# grunt-contrib-compress v0.7.1 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-compress.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-compress)
 
 > Compress files and folders.
 
@@ -164,4 +164,4 @@ compress: {
 
 Task submitted by [Chris Talkington](http://christalkington.com/)
 
-*This file was generated on Mon Feb 17 2014 14:40:18.*
+*This file was generated on Sat Mar 15 2014 13:33:33.*
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 42347c7..568cf70 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "grunt-contrib-compress",
   "description": "Compress files and folders.",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.1",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-compress",
   "author": {
     "name": "Grunt Team",
diff --git a/tasks/lib/compress.js b/tasks/lib/compress.js
index 74a0f2e..4a17759 100644
--- a/tasks/lib/compress.js
+++ b/tasks/lib/compress.js
@@ -44,15 +44,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
           return nextFile();
         }
 
-        // Append ext if the specified one isnt there
-        if (typeof filePair.orig.ext === 'undefined') {
-          var ext = '.' + extension;
-          // if the chosen ext is different then the dest ext lets use it
-          if (String(filePair.dest).slice(-ext.length) !== ext) {
-            filePair.dest += ext;
-          }
-        }
-
         // Ensure the dest folder exists
         grunt.file.mkdir(path.dirname(filePair.dest));
 
diff --git a/test/compress_test.js b/test/compress_test.js
index 5a08300..9ada8db 100644
--- a/test/compress_test.js
+++ b/test/compress_test.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ exports.compress = {
     ], function(file, next) {
       var expected = grunt.file.read(path.join('test', 'fixtures', file));
       var actual = '';
-      fs.createReadStream(path.join('tmp', 'gzip', file + '.gz'))
+      fs.createReadStream(path.join('tmp', 'gzip', file))
         .pipe(zlib.createGunzip())
         .on('data', function(buf) {
           actual += buf.toString();
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ exports.compress = {
     ], function(file, next) {
       var expected = grunt.file.read(path.join('test', 'fixtures', file));
       var actual = '';
-      fs.createReadStream(path.join('tmp', 'deflate', file + '.deflate'))
+      fs.createReadStream(path.join('tmp', 'deflate', file))
         .pipe(zlib.createInflate())
         .on('data', function(buf) {
           actual += buf.toString();
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ exports.compress = {
     ], function(file, next) {
       var expected = grunt.file.read(path.join('test', 'fixtures', file));
       var actual = '';
-      fs.createReadStream(path.join('tmp', 'deflateRaw', file + '.deflate'))
+      fs.createReadStream(path.join('tmp', 'deflateRaw', file))
         .pipe(zlib.createInflateRaw())
         .on('data', function(buf) {
           actual += buf.toString();