diff --git a/src/encoding/armor.js b/src/encoding/armor.js
index 3820364d..8686d131 100644
--- a/src/encoding/armor.js
+++ b/src/encoding/armor.js
@@ -107,78 +107,6 @@ function addheader(customComment, config) {
   return result;
 }
 
-/**
- * Calculates a checksum over the given data and returns it base64 encoded
- * @param {String | ReadableStream<String>} data - Data to create a CRC-24 checksum for
- * @returns {String | ReadableStream<String>} Base64 encoded checksum.
- * @private
- */
-function getCheckSum(data) {
-  const crc = createcrc24(data);
-  return base64.encode(crc);
-}
-
-// https://create.stephan-brumme.com/crc32/#slicing-by-8-overview
-
-const crc_table = [
-  new Array(0xFF),
-  new Array(0xFF),
-  new Array(0xFF),
-  new Array(0xFF)
-];
-
-for (let i = 0; i <= 0xFF; i++) {
-  let crc = i << 16;
-  for (let j = 0; j < 8; j++) {
-    crc = (crc << 1) ^ ((crc & 0x800000) !== 0 ? 0x864CFB : 0);
-  }
-  crc_table[0][i] =
-    ((crc & 0xFF0000) >> 16) |
-    (crc & 0x00FF00) |
-    ((crc & 0x0000FF) << 16);
-}
-for (let i = 0; i <= 0xFF; i++) {
-  crc_table[1][i] = (crc_table[0][i] >> 8) ^ crc_table[0][crc_table[0][i] & 0xFF];
-}
-for (let i = 0; i <= 0xFF; i++) {
-  crc_table[2][i] = (crc_table[1][i] >> 8) ^ crc_table[0][crc_table[1][i] & 0xFF];
-}
-for (let i = 0; i <= 0xFF; i++) {
-  crc_table[3][i] = (crc_table[2][i] >> 8) ^ crc_table[0][crc_table[2][i] & 0xFF];
-}
-
-// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/DataView#Endianness
-const isLittleEndian = (function() {
-  const buffer = new ArrayBuffer(2);
-  new DataView(buffer).setInt16(0, 0xFF, true /* littleEndian */);
-  // Int16Array uses the platform's endianness.
-  return new Int16Array(buffer)[0] === 0xFF;
-}());
-
-/**
- * Internal function to calculate a CRC-24 checksum over a given string (data)
- * @param {String | ReadableStream<String>} input - Data to create a CRC-24 checksum for
- * @returns {Uint8Array | ReadableStream<Uint8Array>} The CRC-24 checksum.
- * @private
- */
-function createcrc24(input) {
-  let crc = 0xCE04B7;
-  return stream.transform(input, value => {
-    const len32 = isLittleEndian ? Math.floor(value.length / 4) : 0;
-    const arr32 = new Uint32Array(value.buffer, value.byteOffset, len32);
-    for (let i = 0; i < len32; i++) {
-      crc ^= arr32[i];
-      crc =
-        crc_table[0][(crc >> 24) & 0xFF] ^
-        crc_table[1][(crc >> 16) & 0xFF] ^
-        crc_table[2][(crc >> 8) & 0xFF] ^
-        crc_table[3][(crc >> 0) & 0xFF];
-    }
-    for (let i = len32 * 4; i < value.length; i++) {
-      crc = (crc >> 8) ^ crc_table[0][(crc & 0xFF) ^ value[i]];
-    }
-  }, () => new Uint8Array([crc, crc >> 8, crc >> 16]));
-}
 
 /**
  * Verify armored headers. crypto-refresh-06, section 6.2:
@@ -386,18 +314,12 @@ export function armor(messageType, body, partIndex, partTotal, customComment, co
       result.push(base64.encode(body));
       result.push('-----END PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----\n');
       break;
-    case enums.armor.signature: {
-      const bodyClone = stream.passiveClone(body);
+    case enums.armor.signature:
       result.push('-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----\n');
       result.push(addheader(customComment, config));
       result.push(base64.encode(body));
-      // GPG v2 fails to parse signatures without checksums
-      result.push('=', getCheckSum(bodyClone));
       result.push('-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----\n');
       break;
-    }
-    default:
-      throw new Error('Unknown armor type');
   }
 
   return util.concat(result);