diff --git a/msg.go b/msg.go
index a2e051b6..e04fb5d7 100644
--- a/msg.go
+++ b/msg.go
@@ -754,24 +754,13 @@ func (dns *Msg) Pack() (msg []byte, err error) {
 	return dns.PackBuffer(nil)
 }
 
-var compressionPackPool = sync.Pool{
-	New: func() interface{} {
-		return make(map[string]uint16)
-	},
-}
-
 // PackBuffer packs a Msg, using the given buffer buf. If buf is too small a new buffer is allocated.
 func (dns *Msg) PackBuffer(buf []byte) (msg []byte, err error) {
 	// If this message can't be compressed, avoid filling the
 	// compression map and creating garbage.
 	if dns.Compress && dns.isCompressible() {
-		compression := compressionPackPool.Get().(map[string]uint16)
-		msg, err := dns.packBufferWithCompressionMap(buf, compressionMap{int: compression}, true)
-		for k := range compression {
-			delete(compression, k)
-		}
-		compressionPackPool.Put(compression)
-		return msg, err
+		compression := make(map[string]uint16) // Compression pointer mappings.
+		return dns.packBufferWithCompressionMap(buf, compressionMap{int: compression}, true)
 	}
 
 	return dns.packBufferWithCompressionMap(buf, compressionMap{}, false)
@@ -983,12 +972,6 @@ func (dns *Msg) isCompressible() bool {
 		len(dns.Ns) > 0 || len(dns.Extra) > 0
 }
 
-var compressionPool = sync.Pool{
-	New: func() interface{} {
-		return make(map[string]struct{})
-	},
-}
-
 // Len returns the message length when in (un)compressed wire format.
 // If dns.Compress is true compression it is taken into account. Len()
 // is provided to be a faster way to get the size of the resulting packet,
@@ -997,13 +980,8 @@ func (dns *Msg) Len() int {
 	// If this message can't be compressed, avoid filling the
 	// compression map and creating garbage.
 	if dns.Compress && dns.isCompressible() {
-		compression := compressionPool.Get().(map[string]struct{})
-		n := msgLenWithCompressionMap(dns, compression)
-		for k := range compression {
-			delete(compression, k)
-		}
-		compressionPool.Put(compression)
-		return n
+		compression := make(map[string]struct{})
+		return msgLenWithCompressionMap(dns, compression)
 	}
 
 	return msgLenWithCompressionMap(dns, nil)
diff --git a/msg_truncate.go b/msg_truncate.go
index a711f006..89d40757 100644
--- a/msg_truncate.go
+++ b/msg_truncate.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (dns *Msg) Truncate(size int) {
 		size -= Len(edns0)
 	}
 
-	compression := compressionPool.Get().(map[string]struct{})
+	compression := make(map[string]struct{})
 
 	l = headerSize
 	for _, r := range dns.Question {
@@ -88,11 +88,6 @@ func (dns *Msg) Truncate(size int) {
 		// Add the OPT record back onto the additional section.
 		dns.Extra = append(dns.Extra, edns0)
 	}
-
-	for k := range compression {
-		delete(compression, k)
-	}
-	compressionPool.Put(compression)
 }
 
 func truncateLoop(rrs []RR, size, l int, compression map[string]struct{}) (int, int) {