diff --git a/hooks/post_gen_project.py b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
index b79985a82..7b847b458 100644
--- a/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
@@ -96,10 +96,6 @@ def remove_heroku_files():
             # don't remove the file if we are using travisci but not using heroku
             continue
         os.remove(file_name)
-    remove_heroku_build_hooks()
-
-
-def remove_heroku_build_hooks():
     shutil.rmtree("bin")
 
 
@@ -442,8 +438,6 @@ def main():
 
     if "{{ cookiecutter.use_heroku }}".lower() == "n":
         remove_heroku_files()
-    elif "{{ cookiecutter.frontend_pipeline }}" != "Django Compressor":
-        remove_heroku_build_hooks()
 
     if "{{ cookiecutter.use_docker }}".lower() == "n" and "{{ cookiecutter.use_heroku }}".lower() == "n":
         if "{{ cookiecutter.keep_local_envs_in_vcs }}".lower() == "y":
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/bin/post_compile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/bin/post_compile
index 7fea6b03d..ffd48f477 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/bin/post_compile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/bin/post_compile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+{%- if "{{ cookiecutter.frontend_pipeline }}" != "Django Compressor" %}
 compress_enabled() {
 python << END
 import sys
@@ -19,5 +20,6 @@ if compress_enabled
 then
   python manage.py compress
 fi
+{%- endif %}
 python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
 python manage.py compilemessages --noinput