diff --git a/syslog-summary b/syslog-summary
index abf6381..b3edffc 100755
--- a/syslog-summary
+++ b/syslog-summary
@@ -128,24 +128,12 @@ def split_date(line):
 
 def is_gzipped(filename):
 	"""Returns True if the filename is a gzipped compressed file"""	
-	try:
-		import magic
-		ms = magic.open(magic.MAGIC_NONE)
-		ms.load()
-		if re.search("^gzip compressed data.*", ms.file(filename)):
-			return True
-		else:
-			return False
-	except:
-		from os.path import splitext
-		
-		if not QUIET:
-			print "Using fallback detection... please install python-magic for better gzip detection."
-		
-		if splitext(filename)[1] == ".gz":
-			return True
-		else:
-			return False
+	from os.path import splitext
+
+	if splitext(filename)[1] == ".gz":
+		return True
+	else:
+		return False
 
 def summarize(filename, states):
 	counts = {}