diff --git a/packages/volto/news/6561.bugfix b/packages/volto/news/6561.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..def9b0aaf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/volto/news/6561.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Stop generating sitemap.xml.gz @reebalazs
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/volto/src/express-middleware/sitemap.js b/packages/volto/src/express-middleware/sitemap.js
index 59bf641c8f..cb477f07e1 100644
--- a/packages/volto/src/express-middleware/sitemap.js
+++ b/packages/volto/src/express-middleware/sitemap.js
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ export const sitemapIndex = function (req, res, next) {
 export default function sitemapMiddleware() {
   const middleware = express.Router();
 
-  middleware.all('**/sitemap.xml.gz', sitemap);
+  // Do not deliver the old sitemap.xml.gz as it might cause issues if Google parses it
+  // in addition to the sitemap-index.xml.
   middleware.all('**/sitemap:batch.xml.gz', sitemap);
   middleware.all('**/sitemap-index.xml', sitemapIndex);
   middleware.id = 'sitemap.xml.gz';