diff --git a/actix-http/Cargo.toml b/actix-http/Cargo.toml
index e1aebb76b..c24878404 100644
--- a/actix-http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-http/Cargo.toml
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ base64 = "0.13"
 bitflags = "1.2"
 bytes = "1"
 bytestring = "1"
-cfg-if = "1"
 cookie = { version = "0.14.1", features = ["percent-encode"], optional = true }
 derive_more = "0.99.5"
 encoding_rs = "0.8"
diff --git a/awc/CHANGES.md b/awc/CHANGES.md
index d2cb7c009..4f72e3f93 100644
--- a/awc/CHANGES.md
+++ b/awc/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 ## Unreleased - 2021-xx-xx
 ### Changed
-* `ConnectorService` type is renamed to `BoxConnectorService` [#2081]
+* `ConnectorService` type is renamed to `BoxConnectorService`. [#2081]
+* Fix http/https encoding when enabling `compress` feature. [#2116]
 
 [#2081]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/2081
+[#2116]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/2116
 
 
 ## 3.0.0-beta.3 - 2021-03-08
diff --git a/awc/Cargo.toml b/awc/Cargo.toml
index ec2e03a96..b555ebb22 100644
--- a/awc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/awc/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ actix-rt = { version = "2.1", default-features = false }
 
 base64 = "0.13"
 bytes = "1"
-cfg-if = "1.0"
 derive_more = "0.99.5"
 futures-core = { version = "0.3.7", default-features = false }
 itoa = "0.4"
diff --git a/awc/src/request.rs b/awc/src/request.rs
index a847b09a3..8b896a00d 100644
--- a/awc/src/request.rs
+++ b/awc/src/request.rs
@@ -21,15 +21,10 @@ use crate::frozen::FrozenClientRequest;
 use crate::sender::{PrepForSendingError, RequestSender, SendClientRequest};
 use crate::ClientConfig;
 
-cfg_if::cfg_if! {
-    if #[cfg(any(feature = "flate2-zlib", feature = "flate2-rust"))] {
-        const HTTPS_ENCODING: &str = "br, gzip, deflate";
-    } else if #[cfg(feature = "compress")] {
-        const HTTPS_ENCODING: &str = "br";
-    } else {
-        const HTTPS_ENCODING: &str = "identity";
-    }
-}
+#[cfg(feature = "compress")]
+const HTTPS_ENCODING: &str = "br, gzip, deflate";
+#[cfg(not(feature = "compress"))]
+const HTTPS_ENCODING: &str = "br";
 
 /// An HTTP Client request builder
 ///
@@ -521,11 +516,11 @@ impl ClientRequest {
                 .unwrap_or(true);
 
             if https {
-                slf = slf.insert_header_if_none((header::ACCEPT_ENCODING, HTTPS_ENCODING))
+                slf = slf.insert_header_if_none((header::ACCEPT_ENCODING, HTTPS_ENCODING));
             } else {
-                #[cfg(any(feature = "flate2-zlib", feature = "flate2-rust"))]
+                #[cfg(feature = "compress")]
                 {
-                    slf = slf.insert_header_if_none((header::ACCEPT_ENCODING, "gzip, deflate"))
+                    slf = slf.insert_header_if_none((header::ACCEPT_ENCODING, "gzip, deflate"));
                 }
             };
         }