diff --git a/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/gzip/AbstractCompressedStream.java b/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/gzip/AbstractCompressedStream.java
index f879610be29..77ac1fe41d0 100644
--- a/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/gzip/AbstractCompressedStream.java
+++ b/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/gzip/AbstractCompressedStream.java
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 
 package org.eclipse.jetty.http.gzip;
 
-import java.io.Closeable;
-import java.io.Flushable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
@@ -32,7 +30,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.util.ByteArrayOutputStream2;
 /**
  * Skeletal implementation of a CompressedStream. This class adds compression features to a ServletOutputStream and takes care of setting response headers, etc.
  * Major work and configuration is done here. Subclasses using different kinds of compression only have to implement the abstract methods doCompress() and
- * setContentEncoding() using the desired compression and setting the appropiate Content-Encoding header string.
+ * setContentEncoding() using the desired compression and setting the appropriate Content-Encoding header string.
  */
 public abstract class AbstractCompressedStream extends ServletOutputStream 
 {
diff --git a/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/GzipFilter.java b/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/GzipFilter.java
index 40564cae0e8..2f4128da184 100644
--- a/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/GzipFilter.java
+++ b/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/GzipFilter.java
@@ -150,21 +150,6 @@ public class GzipFilter extends UserAgentFilter
     {
     }
     
-    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
-    public String selectCompression(String encodingHeader)
-    {
-        // TODO, this could be a little more robust.
-        // prefer gzip over deflate
-        if (encodingHeader!=null)
-        {
-            if (encodingHeader.toLowerCase().contains(GZIP))
-                return GZIP;
-            if (encodingHeader.toLowerCase().contains(DEFLATE))
-                return DEFLATE;
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-    
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
     /**
      * @see org.eclipse.jetty.servlets.UserAgentFilter#doFilter(javax.servlet.ServletRequest, javax.servlet.ServletResponse, javax.servlet.FilterChain)
@@ -176,7 +161,6 @@ public class GzipFilter extends UserAgentFilter
         HttpServletRequest request=(HttpServletRequest)req;
         HttpServletResponse response=(HttpServletResponse)res;
 
-        String ae = request.getHeader("accept-encoding");
         String compressionType = selectCompression(request.getHeader("accept-encoding"));
         if (compressionType!=null && !response.containsHeader("Content-Encoding") && !HttpMethods.HEAD.equalsIgnoreCase(request.getMethod()))
         {
@@ -223,6 +207,21 @@ public class GzipFilter extends UserAgentFilter
         }
     }
 
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    private String selectCompression(String encodingHeader)
+    {
+        // TODO, this could be a little more robust.
+        // prefer gzip over deflate
+        if (encodingHeader!=null)
+        {
+            if (encodingHeader.toLowerCase().contains(GZIP))
+                return GZIP;
+            else if (encodingHeader.toLowerCase().contains(DEFLATE))
+                return DEFLATE;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+    
     protected CompressedResponseWrapper createWrappedResponse(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, final String compressionType)
     {
         CompressedResponseWrapper wrappedResponse = null;