diff --git a/roles/export-devstack-journal/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/export-devstack-journal/tasks/main.yaml
index ef839edaaf..db38b10a44 100644
--- a/roles/export-devstack-journal/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/export-devstack-journal/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     cmd: |
       journalctl -o export \
           --since="$(cat {{ devstack_base_dir }}/log-start-timestamp.txt)" \
-        | xz --threads=0 - > {{ stage_dir }}/logs/devstack.journal.xz
+        | gzip > {{ stage_dir }}/logs/devstack.journal.gz
 
 - name: Save journal README
   become: true
diff --git a/roles/export-devstack-journal/templates/devstack.journal.README.txt.j2 b/roles/export-devstack-journal/templates/devstack.journal.README.txt.j2
index fe36653102..30519f63d7 100644
--- a/roles/export-devstack-journal/templates/devstack.journal.README.txt.j2
+++ b/roles/export-devstack-journal/templates/devstack.journal.README.txt.j2
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ devstack run.
 To use it, you will need to convert it so journalctl can read it
 locally.  After downloading the file:
 
- $ /lib/systemd/systemd-journal-remote <(xzcat ./devstack.journal.xz) -o output.journal
+ $ /lib/systemd/systemd-journal-remote <(zcat ./devstack.journal.gz) -o output.journal
 
 Note this binary is not in the regular path.  On Debian/Ubuntu
 platforms, you will need to have the "systemd-journal-remote" package